American journalist Sir Alan Parker, English film director, producer, actor and writer (d. 2020) February 15 Mick Avory, English rock drummer (The Kinks) Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 1996) February 16 Richard Ford, American fiction writer António Mascarenhas Monteiro, President of Cape Verde (d. 2016) February 17 Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer Bernie Grant, British Labour Party MP (d. 2000) February 19 – Donald F. Glut, American writer, film director and screenwriter February 20 Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin, Malaysian politician and diplomat (d. 2014) Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach February 22 Jonathan Demme, American film director, producer and writer (d. 2017) Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player Robert Kardashian, American attorney and businessman (d. 2003) February 23 – Johnny Winter, American rock musician (d. 2014) February 24 Ivica Račan, Croatian politician (d. 2007) David J. Wineland, American Nobel-laureate physicist February 25 – François Cevert, French racing driver (d. 1973) February 27 Ken Grimwood, American fantasy fiction writer (d. 2003) Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (d. 2020) February 28 Fanny Cano, Mexican actress and producer (d. 1983) Sepp Maier, German footballer February 29 – Dennis Farina, American actor (d. 2013) March March 1 John Breaux, American politician Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter (The Who), actor March 2 Uschi Glas, German actress Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer March 3 – Odessa Cleveland, American actress (M*A*S*H) March 4 Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer and race car designer (d. 1999) Bobby Womack, African-American singer and songwriter (d. 2014) March 5 – Peter Brandes, Danish artist March 6 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano Mary Wilson, African-American singer (The Supremes) (d. 2021) March 7 Michael Rosbash, American geneticist and chronobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Townes Van Zandt, American country singer (d. 1997) March 8 – Buzz Hargrove, Canadian labour leader March 11 Graham Lyle, Grammy-winning Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for writing several international hits for Tina Turner Don Maclean, English comedian and broadcaster March 15 Emmerich Danzer, Austrian figure skater Ralph MacDonald, American percussionist, songwriter (d. 2011) March 17 Pattie Boyd, English model and first wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter (The Lovin' Spoonful) March 18 – Dick Smith, Australian entrepreneur March 19 Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy March 20 – Erwin Neher, German biophysicist March