American actor, musician Persis Khambatta, Indian actress, model (Star Trek: The Motion Picture) (d. 1998) Chris LeDoux, American singer, rodeo star (d. 2005) Donna Karan, American fashion designer October 4 Meg Bennett, American soap opera writer Iain Hewitson, New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality October 6 Wendell Ladner, American basketball player (d. 1975) Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician October 7 – Diane Ackerman, American poet, essayist October 8 Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (Ramones) (d. 2004) Baldwin Spencer, 3rd Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda October 9 Jackson Browne, American rock musician ("Running on Empty") Ciarán Carson, Northern Irish poet, novelist Oliver Hart, English-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate October 11 Margie Alexander, American gospel, soul singer (d. 2013) Cynthia Clawson, American gospel singer October 12 – Rick Parfitt, English musician (Status Quo) (d. 2016) October 13 John Ford Coley, American rock musician ("I'd Really Love to See You Tonight") Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (d. 1997) October 14 Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (d. 2007) David Ruprecht, American actor, writer (Supermarket Sweep) October 15 Renato Corona, Filipino jurist, lawyer (d. 2016) Chris de Burgh, born Christopher Davison, Argentine-born Anglo-Irish singer, songwriter October 16 Leo Mazzone, American baseball coach Hema Malini, Indian actress, writer, director, producer, dancer and politician October 17 Robert Jordan, American novelist (d. 2007) Margot Kidder, Canadian actress (Superman) (d. 2018) Akira Kushida, Japanese singer Ng Jui Ping, Singaporean entrepreneur and former army general (d. 2020) George Wendt, American actor (Cheers) October 18 Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher Ntozake Shange, African-American playwright and poet (d. 2018) October 19 – Patrick Simmons, American musician (The Doobie Brothers) October 21 Tom Everett, American actor Allen Vigneron, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit October 22 Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford Debbie Macomber, American author October 23 – Sir Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British businessman (d. 2021) October 25 Dave Cowens, American basketball player, coach Dan Gable, American wrestler, coach Dan Issel, American basketball player and coach October 26 – Toby Harrah, American baseball player October 28 – Telma Hopkins, African-American actress, singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn) October 29 Giuseppe Chirichiello, Italian economist and university professor Kate Jackson, American actress (Charlie's Angels) October 30 – Garry McDonald, Australian actor, satirist, and comedian November November 1 – Anna Stuart, American actress November 3 – Lulu (b. Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie), Scottish singer, actress (To Sir, with Love) November 4 Delia Casanova,