Jordan (d. 2023) Ghafar Baba, Malaysian politician (d. 2006) George Kennedy, American actor (d. 2016) Krishna Sobti, Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist (d. 2019) February 20 – Robert Altman, American film director (d. 2006) February 21 Sam Peckinpah, American film director (d. 1984) Štefan Vrablec, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2017) February 23 – Eric Prabhakar, Indian sprinter (d. 2011) February 25 Maddy English, American female baseball player (d. 2004) Lisa Kirk, American actress and singer (d. 1990) Eduardo Risso, Uruguayan rower (d. 1986) Shehu Shagari, President of Nigeria (1979–83) (d. 2018) February 26 – Everton Weekes, West Indian cricketer (d. 2020) February 28 – Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-American mathematician (d. 2020) March March 1 Keith Harvey Miller, American politician (d. 2019) Alexandre do Nascimento, Angolan prelate March 4 Inezita Barroso, Brazilian singer, guitarist, actress, TV presenter (d. 2015) Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (d. 2018) Paul Mauriat, French musician (Love is Blue) (d. 2006) March 7 – Josef Ertl, German politician (d. 2000) March 8 John Harland Bryant, American physician (d. 2017) Dennis Lotis, South African-English singer and actor (d. 2023) Marta Lynch, Argentinian writer (d. 1985) March 12 Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate G. William Whitehurst, American journalist and politician March 13 – John Tate, American mathematician (d. 2019) March 15 – Art Murakowski, American football player (d. 1985) March 16 Mary Hinkson, African-American dancer and choreographer (d. 2014) Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (d. 2004) March 17 – Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (d. 2015) March 18 – Alessandro Alessandroni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2017) March 19 – Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat (d. 2020) March 21 – Peter Brook, English theatre director (d. 2022) March 22 – Gerard Hoffnung, German-born English humorist (d. 1959) March 23 Robie Lester, American Grammy-nominated voice artist and singer (d. 2005) David Watkin, British cinematographer (d. 2008) March 25 Flannery O'Connor, American writer (d. 1964) Kishori Sinha, Indian politician (d. 2016) March 26 Pierre Boulez, French composer (d. 2016) Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English politician (d. 2020) March 27 – Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, English farmer and politician (d. 2022) March 28 – Raja Perempuan Budriah, Malaysian royal consort (d. 2008) March 29 – David Tsimakuridze, Georgian freestyle wrestler (d. 2006) April April 1 – Piero Livi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2015) April 3 Tony Benn, British politician (d. 2014) Jan Merlin, American actor,