Turner, American politician February 7 Sammy Johns, American country music singer, songwriter (d. 2013) Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011) February 9 – Seán Neeson, Northern Irish politician February 13 Joe Estevez, American actor Colin Matthews, British composer February 14 Bernard Dowiyogo, 7-time President of Nauru (d. 2003) Gregory Hines, African-American dancer, actor (d. 2003) February 16 – Marvin Sease, American blues, and soul singer-songwriter (d. 2011) February 19 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974) February 20 Brenda Blethyn, British actress Sandy Duncan, American singer, dancer, comedian and actress J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band) (d. 2017) February 21 Alan Rickman, English actor, film director (d. 2016) Anthony Daniels, English actor Vito Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mobster (d. 2013) Monica Johnson, American screenwriter (d. 2010) Tyne Daly, American actress (Cagney & Lacey) February 26 – Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech orchestral conductor (d. 2017) February 25 Andrew Ang, judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist Jean Todt, French motorsport manager February 26 – Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) February 27 – Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, British aristocrat (d. 2018) February 28 Don Ciccone, American singer, songwriter (The Critters) (d. 2016) Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005) Don Francisco, American Christian musician Syreeta Wright, African-American singer, songwriter ("With You I'm Born Again") (d. 2004) March March 1 Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player Lana Wood, American actress, producer March 4 Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker Harvey Goldsmith, British impresario March 5 Murray Head, English singer, actor Lova Moor, French singer, dancer March 6 Larry Huber, American television producer, animator David Gilmour, English rock musician (Pink Floyd) March 7 John Heard, American actor (d. 2017) Okko Kamu, Finnish conductor, violinist Leandro Mendoza, Filipino politician (d. 2013) Peter Wolf, American rock musician (The J. Geils Band) March 10 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator March 12 Frank Welker, American voice actor, singer Liza Minnelli, American singer, actress March 13 – Yonatan Netanyahu, American-born Israeli Army officer (d. in Operation Entebbe) (d. 1976) March 14 Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (d. 2018) Wes Unseld, American basketball player (d. 2020) March 15 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player, manager (d. 2003) March 17 – Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995) March 18 – Larry Langford, American politician (d. 2019) March 19 – Steve