and television director April 30 Rudi Assauer, German footballer and manager (d. 2019) Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010) Michael Angelis, English actor (d. 2020) May May 1 Costa Cordalis, German singer (d. 2019) Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician Marva Whitney, American singer (d. 2012) May 2 – Gloria Lizárraga de Capriles, Venezuelan politician (d. 2021) May 4 Walker Boone, Canadian actor (d. 2021) Russi Taylor, American actress (d. 2019) May 5 Roger Rees, Welsh actor and director (d. 2015) John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor May 8 – Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd), English glam rock singer and paedophile May 9 Richie Furay, American rock singer-songwriter (Poco, Buffalo Springfield) Lars Norén, Swedish playwright, novelist and poet (d. 2021) Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d. 1961) May 10 Jim Abrahams, American film director Jackie Lomax, English rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 2013) May 12 – Sara Kestelman, English actress May 13 Armistead Maupin, American fiction writer Carolyn Franklin, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1988) May 14 Connie Lawn, American journalist (d. 2018) George Lucas, American film director and producer May 15 Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (d. 2015) Gunilla Hutton, Swedish-born American actress and singer May 16 – Danny Trejo, Hispanic-American actor May 17 Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca, Cape Verdean diplomat and civil servant Jesse Winchester, American-Canadian country singer-songwriter (d. 2014) May 19 Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (d. 2019) Jaan Talts, Estonian-Soviet weightlifter May 20 Joe Cocker, English rock singer (d. 2014) Boudewijn de Groot, Batavian-born Dutch folk singer-songwriter Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman (d. 2022) May 21 – Mary Robinson, President of Ireland May 22 – Roberto A. Abad, Filipino lawyer May 23 John Newcombe, Australian tennis player Avraham Oz, Israeli theater professor, translator and political activist May 24 Patti LaBelle, American singer, actress and entrepreneur David Mark Berger, Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972) May 25 – Frank Oz, English puppeteer and film director May 26 – Jan Schakowsky, U.S. Representative, Illinois's 9th congressional district May 27 – Chris Dodd, American politician May 28 Rudy Giuliani, American politician, Mayor of New York City Gladys Knight, American singer Sondra Locke, American actress and director (d. 2018) Rita MacNeil, Canadian folk singer (d. 2013) Gary Stewart, American country rock singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2003) Patricia Quinn (Lady Stephens), Northern Irish actress May 29 – Helmut Berger, Austrian actor May 30 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000) May 31 – Ayad Allawi, 38th Prime Minister of Iraq June