director, producer (d. 2010) Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007) David Selby, American actor Barrett Strong, American Motown singer-songwriter (d. 2023) Kaspar Villiger, Swiss politician Cory Wells, American rock singer (Three Dog Night) (d. 2015) February 6 – Stephen Albert, American composer (d. 1992) February 8 Nick Nolte, American actor Jagjit Singh, Indian singer, composer and musician (d. 2011) February 9 — Kermit Gosnell, American abortionist and serial killer February 10 – Michael Apted, British film director February 11 Sergio Mendes, Brazilian jazz musician Sonny Landham, American actor (d. 2017) February 12 Hubert Marcoux, Canadian solo sailor and author (d. 2009) Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer (d. 1984) February 13 Sigmar Polke, German painter Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor February 15 – Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress and model February 16 – Kim Jong-il, Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (d. 2011) February 17 – Ron Meyer, American football coach (d. 2017) February 18 – Irma Thomas, African-American singer February 19 – David Gross, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate February 20 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer February 22 Hipólito Mejía, President of the Dominican Republic (2000-2004) Yau Leung, Hong Kong photographer (d. 1997) February 27 – Paddy Ashdown, British politician, diplomat (d. 2018) March March 4 Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman, reality TV star (d. 2018) Adrian Lyne, English film director March 7 – Andrei Mironov, Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor (d. 1987) March 9 – Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (d. 1976) March 10 – George P. Smith, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate March 12 – Erkki Salmenhaara, Finnish composer (d. 2002) March 13 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author (d. 2008) March 14 – Wolfgang Petersen, German film director March 15 – Mike Love, American musician (Beach Boys) March 16 Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director (d. 2018) Robert Guéï, military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002) Chuck Woolery, American game show host March 17 – Paul Kantner, American rock guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2016) March 18 – Wilson Pickett, African-American singer (d. 2006) March 20 – Kenji Kimihara, Japanese long-distance runner March 21 – Dirk Frimout, Belgian cosmonaut and astrophysicist March 22 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (d. 2019) March 23 – Jim Trelease, American educator, author March 26 – Richard Dawkins, British scientist March 27 Ivan Gašparovič, 3rd President of Slovakia Bunny Sigler, American singer, songwriter and record producer (d. 2017) March 28 Alf