12 – Bert Sakmann, German physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine June 13 – Abdulsalami Abubakar, President of Nigeria June 16 Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer John Rostill, English bassist, musician and composer (d. 1973) June 17 – Mohamed El Baradei, Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize June 18 Roger Ebert, American film critic and television personality (d. 2013) Thabo Mbeki, South African politician and 12th President of South Africa Paul McCartney, English musician and composer Carl Radle, American bass guitarist Nick Tate, Australian actor Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004) June 20 – Brian Wilson, American singer, composer and producer (The Beach Boys) June 21 – Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (d. 2002) June 22 Toyohiro Akiyama, Japanese cosmonaut Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and producer Laila Freivalds, Swedish politician June 23 – Martin Rees, British cosmologist and astrophysicist June 24 Michele Lee, American actress and singer Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean politician and 33rd President of Chile June 25 Willis Reed, African-American basketball player, coach and general manager Michel Tremblay, French-Canadian novelist and playwright June 26 Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer, politician Larry Taylor, American bass guitarist (Canned Heat) (d. 2019) June 27 – Bruce Johnston, American singer and songwriter (The Beach Boys) June 28 Chris Hani, South African politician (d. 1993) Rupert Sheldrake, British biochemist Frank Zane, American professional bodybuilder and author June 30 Robert Ballard, American explorer, Navy officer and professor Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, 4th President of Burkina Faso Friedrich von Thun, Austrian actor July July 1 Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress Andraé Crouch, American gospel singer (d. 2015) Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, 6th Vice President of Iraq (d. 2020) Wim T. Schippers, Dutch artist, comedian, television director, and voice actor Timothy Yang, Taiwanese diplomat and politician July 2 Vicente Fox, 55th President of Mexico Mukhtar Shakhanov, Kazakh writer and lawmaker Ahmet Türk, Kurdish nationalist Juan Cutillas, footballer and Spanish soccer coach July 3 Kevin Johnson, Australian singer-songwriter Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor July 4 – Prince Michael of Kent July 5 Louise Shaffer, American actress, script writer, and author Hannes Löhr, German footballer (d. 2016) July 6 – Raymond Depardon, French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker July 7 Carmen Duncan, Australian actress and activist (d. 2019) Abdul Hamid II, Pakistani field hockey player Thomas D. Pollard, American educator, cell biologist and biophysicist July 9 – Richard Roundtree, American actor