songwriter Edward Ka-Spel, British/Dutch singer and songwriter (The Legendary Pink Dots) January 28 Peter Lampe, German theologian, historian Bruno Metsu, French football coach (d. 2013) Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (d. 2000) Willy Telavi, 11th prime minister of Tuvalu January 29 Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese cartoonist Oprah Winfrey, African-American actress, talk show hostess, producer and publisher January 31 – Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972) February February 1 – Bill Mumy, American actor, musician (Lost In Space) February 2 – Christie Brinkley, American model February 4 – Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat (d. 2016) February 7 – Dieter Bohlen, German music producer and singer-songwriter (Modern Talking, Blue System) February 9 – Gina Rinehart, Australian mining tycoon February 11 – Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer February 12 Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist, academic Evangelos Basiakos, Greek politician, long term MP, and minister Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author February 13 – Donnie Moore, American baseball player (d. 1989) February 15 – Matt Groening, American cartoonist (The Simpsons) February 16 Iain Banks, Scottish author (d. 2013) Margaux Hemingway, American fashion model and actress (d. 1996) February 17 Rene Russo, American actress, fashion model Yuji Takada, Japanese free-style wrestler Brian Houston, Australian-New Zealand pastor, author and founder of Hillsong Church February 18 John Travolta, American actor Jalaluddin Hassan, Malaysian actor February 19 Messaouda Boubaker, Tunisian writer Michael Gira, American musician Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (d. 2011) February 20 Anthony Head, English actor, musician Patty Hearst, American heiress and kidnap victim February 23 – Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine February 24 – Sid Meier, Canadian programmer, game designer, notable for the Civilization series February 25 – Gerardo Pelusso, Uruguayan football manager February 26 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 12th President of Turkey March March 1 Peter Spellos, American actor, voice actor Catherine Bach, American actress (The Dukes of Hazzard) Ron Howard, American actor, director, producer (The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days) March 2 Ed Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player Gara Takashima, Japanese voice actress March 4 François Fillon, Prime Minister of France Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress (SCTV) Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian writer Willie Thorne, English snooker player (d. 2020) March 5 – João Lourenço, President of Angola March 6 – Harald Schumacher, German football goalkeeper March 8 Marie-Theres Nadig, Swiss alpine skier David Wilkie, Scottish former world record holder, Olympic gold medallist swimmer (1976) March 9 Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker (d. 1981) Kevin Wade, American screenwriter, television producer