Clausen, American composer Philip Fang, Hong Kong simultaneous interpretation specialist, United Nations official (d. 2013) Jim Turner, American football player Rolf Zacher, German actor (d. 2018) Jaime Pardo Leal, Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician (d. 1987) March 29 – Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., American astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate March 30 Graeme Edge, British rock drummer, songwriter (The Moody Blues) Wasim Sajjad, President of Pakistan March 31 – Rosario Green, Mexican economist, diplomat and politician (d. 2017) April April 2 – Dr. Demento (Barret Eugene Hansen), American radio disc jockey, novelty music collector April 3 Jan Berry, American singer (Jan & Dean) (d. 2004) Eric Braeden, German-born American actor Jorma Hynninen, Finnish baritone Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984) April 5 Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor Dave Swarbrick, English folk musician (d. 2016) April 6 – Phil Austin, American comedian (The Firesign Theater) (d. 2015) April 7 Mussum, Brazilian actor and musician (d. 1994) Cornelia Frances, Australian actress (d. 2018) Gorden Kaye, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!) (d. 2017) ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan politician and activist, 15th Prime Minister of Tonga (d. 2019) April 8 – Peggy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters) April 9 – Kay Adams, American country singer April 10 John Kurila, Scottish footballer (d. 2018) Paul Theroux, American travel writer and novelist April 11 Frederick Hauck, American astronaut Shirley Stelfox, English actress (d. 2015) April 12 – Bobby Moore, English football player, World Cup winning captain (d. 1993) April 13 – Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine April 14 – Pete Rose, American baseball player April 18 – Michael D. Higgins, 9th President of Ireland April 19 Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter Jürgen Kocka, German historian April 20 – Ryan O'Neal, American actor (Love Story) April 21 – Eduardo Guedes, U.S., Portuguese film-maker (d. 2000) April 22 – Amir Pnueli, Israeli computer scientist (d. 2009) April 23 Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018) Paavo Lipponen, 59th Prime Minister of Finland Ed Stewart, British disc jockey (d. 2016) Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (d. 2016) April 24 Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (d. 2010) John Williams, Australian guitarist April 25 Princess Muna al-Hussein, Princess consort of Jordan Bertrand Tavernier, French director, screenwriter, actor and producer April 26 – Claudine Auger, French actress (d. 2019) April 27 Pat Choate, American economist, politician H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr., American philosopher (d. 2018) Lee Roy