John Wark, Scottish footballer August 6 – Jim McGreevey, 52nd Governor of New Jersey August 7 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress August 10 – Juli Básti, Hungarian actress August 11 – Richie Ramone, American rock drummer (Ramones) August 14 – Peter Costello, Australian politician August 15 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor August 16 Tim Farriss, Australian rock guitarist (INXS) Laura Innes, American actress and director Phil Murphy, American politician August 17 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater August 18 Carole Bouquet, French actress Denis Leary, American comedian and actor Harald Schmidt, German actor, writer, columnist, comedian and television entertainer August 19 – Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-born poet August 20 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player August 22 – Steve Davis, British snooker player August 24 – Stephen Fry, British comedian, author and actor August 25 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director August 26 Dr. Alban, Nigerian-born Swedish singer Uzo, Nigerian-American film producer and director August 27 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer August 28 Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia Rick Rossovich, American actor Daniel Stern, American actor Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher August 29 Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (d. 2001) Shirō Sagisu, Japanese composer August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player August 31 Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's) Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d. 1999) September September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer September 6 – José Sócrates, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal September 7 Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete John McInerney, British-German singer-songwriter (Bad Boys Blue) September 8 – Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan singer September 11 – Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer September 12 Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer Rachel Ward, English-born actress Hans Zimmer, German composer September 13 Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines Cesare Bocci, Italian actor Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer September 16 – David McCreery, Irish footballer September 18 – Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player September 19 Chris Roupas, Greek-American basketball player Mark Acheson, Canadian film, television and voice actor September 20 – Sabine Christiansen, German journalist and television presenter September 21 Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia September 22 Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach Dalia Reyes Barrios, Venezuelan art collector September 25