October 7 John Hopcroft, American computer scientist Clive James, Australian-born writer, humorist and television personality (d. 2019) Harold Kroto, English organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) October 8 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor and comedian October 9 Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician (d. 2021) John Pilger, Australian-born journalist October 11 – Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (d. 2018) October 14 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer October 18 – Lee Harvey Oswald, Alleged American assassin of President John F. Kennedy (d. 1963) October 21 – Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (d. 2008) October 22 Joaquim Chissano, President of Mozambique George Cohen, English footballer (d. 2022) October 24 F. Murray Abraham, American actor (Amadeus) Madalena Iglésias, Portuguese actress and singer (d. 2018) October 27 – John Cleese, English comic actor and writer October 28 – Jane Alexander, American actress October 29 – Malay Roy Choudhury, Bengali poet, novelist and creator of the Indian Hungry generation literary and cultural movement October 30 Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Grace Slick, American rock singer (Jefferson Airplane) October 31 Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer (d. 2006) Ron Rifkin, American actor November November 1 – Barbara Bosson, American actress (d. 2023) November 6 Athanasios Angelopoulos, Greek academic Carlos Emilio Morales, Cuban jazz guitarist (d. 2014) November 8 – Laila Kinnunen, Finnish singer (d. 2000) November 10 – Russell Means, Native American activist (d. 2012) November 14 – Wendy Carlos, American electronic composer November 15 – Yaphet Kotto, African-American actor (d. 2021) November 18 Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist Amanda Lear, French model and singer Brenda Vaccaro, American actress November 19 – Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania November 25 Rais Khan, Pakistani sitarist (d. 2017) Thomas Resetarits, Austrian sculptor (d. 2022) November 26 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia Shettima Mustafa, Nigerian politician (d. 2022) Tina Turner, American born Swiss singer and actress November 27 Dudley Storey, New Zealand rower (d. 2017) Laurent-Désiré Kabila, 3rd President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001) Ulla Strömstedt, Swedish actress (d. 1986) November 30 – Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Nepalese dwarf, world's shortest man (d. 2015) December December 1 – Lee Trevino, American professional golfer December 5 – Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect (d. 2022) December 8 Jerry Butler, African-American singer-songwriter and politician James Galway, Irish flautist Fahrudin Jusufi, Kosovar-Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2019) December 15 – Cindy