American composer October 5 – Václav Havel, Czech playwright, writer and politician, 10th President of Czechoslovakia and 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011) October 6 – Lin Yu-lin, Taiwanese billionaire real estate developer (d. 2018) October 7 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian entertainer (d. 1992) October 8 – Rogelio Guerra, Mexican actor (d. 2018) October 9 – Brian Blessed, English actor October 10 – Gerhard Ertl, German physicist, Nobel laureate October 13 – Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer (d. 2018) October 16 - Matt Brennan, Irish politician, Fianna Fáil (1982-2002) October 18 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (d. 2019) October 19 – James Bevel, Civil Rights Movement strategist October 22 – Bobby Seale, American political activist October 24 – Bill Wyman, British musician October 25 – Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress and voice actress October 26 Etelka Kenéz Heka, Hungarian writer, poet, singer Shelley Morrison, American actress (d. 2019) October 28 – Charlie Daniels, American country singer, and songwriter (d. 2020) October 30 – Polina Astakhova, Soviet artistic gymnast (d. 2005) October 31 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer and writer (d. 1991) November November 3 – Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player November 4 – Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (d. 2021) November 5 Ivan Stambolić, Serbian politician (d. 2000) Uwe Seeler, German football player and manager (d. 2022) November 8 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (d. 2014) November 9 Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009) Stephanie Rothman, American film director November 11 – Susan Kohner, American actress November 17 Lazarus Salii, 3rd President of Palau (d. 1988) Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005) November 19 – Dick Cavett, American talk show host, television personality November 20 – Don DeLillo, American author November 22 – John Bird, British satirist, actor and comedian (d. 2022) November 23 Robert Barnard, English writer (d. 2013) Lazarus Salii, 3rd President of Palau (d. 1988) Steve Landesberg, actor and comedian (d. 2010) November 30 Abbie Hoffman, American political and social activist (d. 1989) Eric Walter Elst, Belgian astronomer (d. 2022) December December 4 – América Alonso, Venezuelan actress (d. 2022) December 5 – James Lee Burke, American author December 7 – Martha Layne Collins, American businesswoman and politician December 8 – David Carradine, American actor, director and martial artist (d. 2009) December 9 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli writer (d. 2022) December 11 – Hans van den Broek, Dutch politician and