Minister of Romania January 15 Boris Blank, Swiss musician Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian January 17 – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra) January 21 – Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist January 24 – Raymond Domenech, French football player, manager January 25 Sara Mandiano, French singer, songwriter Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British human rights activist January 27 Brian Gottfried, American tennis player Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (d. 2018) January 29 – Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (d. 2009) January 30 – Valery Khalilov, Russian military band conductor (d. 2016) February February 2 – Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea February 4 Abdalá Bucaram, 38th President of Ecuador Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister of New Zealand February 7 – John Hickenlooper, American politician, 42nd Governor of Colorado February 8 – Nora Miao, Hong Kong actress February 10 – Lee Hsien Loong, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore February 12 – Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (d. 2010) February 14 – Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (d. 2019) February 15 Nikolai Sorokin, Soviet, Russian actor, theatre director (d. 2013) Tomislav Nikolić, 4th President of Serbia February 16 – James Ingram, African-American R&B musician (d. 2019) February 17 – Javier Urruticoechea, Spanish footballer (d. 2001) February 19 Gary Seear, New Zealand rugby union player (d. 2018) Amy Tan, American novelist (The Joy Luck Club) February 21 Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat (d. 2017) Elisha Obed, Bahamian boxer (d. 2018) February 22 William Frist, U.S. Senator, heart surgeon Saufatu Sopoanga, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d. 2020) February 25 – Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000) March March 2 – Laraine Newman, American comedian (Saturday Night Live) March 4 Scott Hicks, Australian film director Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer March 7 – Viv Richards, West Indian cricketer March 10 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2018) March 11 – Douglas Adams, English author (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (d. 2001) March 13 Ágnes Rapai, Hungarian writer Wolfgang Rihm, German composer March 14 – Martin Dempsey, United States Army general March 15 – Howard Devoto, British singer March 16 – Alice Hoffman, American novelist March 17 – Perla, Paraguayan-Brazilian singer March 18 – Salome Zourabichvili, Georgian politician, 5th President of Georgia March 19 – Harvey Weinstein, American film producer March 23 Kim Stanley Robinson, American author Rex Tillerson, United States Secretary of State Villano III, Mexican