German theologian, activist and priest John Mahoney, English-born American actor (d. 2018) June 21 – Michael Ruse, British-Canadian philosopher June 22 Egon Henninger, German swimmer Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2016) Dame Esther Rantzen, British broadcaster June 23 Willie Wallace, Scottish football player, coach Wilma Rudolph, American Olympic athlete (d. 1994) June 24 Hope Cooke, American socialite, Queen Consort of Sikkim Murali Mohan, Indian film actor, producer, politician and business executive Walter Ofonagoro, Nigerian scholar, politician and businessman Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (d. 2014) Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer June 25 Thomas Köhler, East German luger Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer June 26 Lucinda Childs, American actress, postmodern dancer and choreographer Jerry Fujio, Japanese singer, actor and tarento June 27 – Anil Karanjai, Indian painter of the Hungry generation movement (d. 2001) June 28 Karpal Singh, Malaysian politician, lawyer (d. 2014) Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi founder of Grameen Bank, Nobel Prize laureate June 29 – Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer June 30 – Neelo, Indian actress July July 1 Fukunohana Koichi, Japanese sumo wrestler Craig Brown, Scottish footballer, manager Abdul Razzak Ahmed, Iraqi football player Wathiq Naji, Iraqi football manager July 2 Joshua Bryant, American actor, director, author and speaker Ruriko Asaoka, Japanese actress July 3 Lamar Alexander, American politician Fontella Bass, African-American soul singer ("Rescue Me") (d. 2012) Jerzy Buzek, Polish politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland Jose Alberto Laboy, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player Lance Larson, American competition swimmer, Olympic champion and world record-holder in four events Chuck Sieminski, American football player César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994) Mario Zanin, Italian cyclist July 4 Deidre Catt, English tennis player Nasser Madani, Iranian fencer Gene McDowell, American college football coach Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player July 5 – Reiko Kusamura, Japanese actress July 6 Pablo Dabezies, Uruguayan priest and theologian Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan Jeannie Seely, American singer-songwriter Siti Norma Yaakob, Malaysian lawyer and judge July 7 Lee Keun-hak, North Korean football player Ringo Starr, English rock drummer (The Beatles) Irène Sweyd, Belgian swimmer July 9 – Herminia Roman, Filipino politician July 10 Gene Alley, American baseball player Jim Cadile, American professional football offensive guard Helen Donath, American soprano Lofty Drews, Kenyan rally co-driver Sir Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur Julie Payne, American actress (d. 2019) David C. Schutter, American attorney (d. 2005) Tommy Troelsen, Danish footballer, manager and television presenter July