rock singer ("It's My Party") (d. 2015) Ralf Gothóni, Finnish pianist, conductor and composer May 3 – Mohammed Ibrahim, businessman and philanthropist May 4 – John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver May 5 Jim Kelly, African-American actor, martial artist and tennis player (d. 2013) Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 1996) Beth Carvalho, Brazilian samba singer, guitarist and composer (d. 2019) May 6 – Daouda Malam Wanké, 6th President of Niger (d. 2004) May 7 Thelma Houston, African-American singer ("Don't Leave Me This Way") Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead) Michael Rosen, British novelist, poet May 9 – Candice Bergen, American actress May 10 Donovan, Scottish rock musician ("Sunshine Superman") Birutė Galdikas, Canadian anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist and author Graham Gouldman, English songwriter, musician (10cc, Wax) Dave Mason, English rock musician (Traffic) Murade Isaac Murargy, Mozambican diplomat, politician May 11 – Robert Jarvik, American physicist, artificial heart inventor May 12 – Richard Bruce Silverman, John Evans Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University May 13 – Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor, author (d. 2017) May 16 – Robert Fripp, British musician May 17 – Udo Lindenberg, German musician May 18 Reggie Jackson, American baseball player Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006) May 19 André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (d. 1993) Claude Lelièvre, Belgian Commissioner for Children Rights Roger Sloman, English actor May 20 Craig Patrick, American-Canadian hockey player, coach and manager Cher, American actress, rock singer May 22 George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005) Howard Kendall, English footballer (d. 2015) May 23 – Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor May 24 Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey Irena Szewińska, Polish Olympic sprinter (d. 2018) Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East Timorese politician, acting President of East Timor (d. 1978) May 26 – Mick Ronson, English guitarist (d. 1993) May 28 Bruce Alexander, English actor K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet May 29 – Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000) May 30 Dragan Džajić, Serbian footballer Candy Lightner, American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving May 31 – Adriana Bittel, Romanian writer June June 1 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor June 2 Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (d. 2020) Tomomichi Nishimura, Japanese voice actor June 3 – Michael Clarke, American musician (d. 1993) June 5 – Stefania Sandrelli, Italian actress June 7 Jenny Jones, Palestinian-Canadian comedian, talk show hostess Zbigniew Seifert, Polish musician (d. 1979) Robert Tilton, American televangelist, author