Albright, Czechoslovakian-born American politician and diplomat (d. 2022) Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020) May 16 Yvonne Craig, American actress (Batman) (d. 2015) Robert B. Wilson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate May 18 – Jacques Santer, Luxembourg politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg May 21 Ricardo Alarcón, Cuban politician (d. 2022) Sofiko Chiaureli, Georgian actress (d. 2008) Mengistu Haile Mariam, President of Ethiopia May 22 – Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer (d. 2011) June June 1 Morgan Freeman, African-American actor Colleen McCullough, Australian author (d. 2015) Ezio Pascutti, Italian footballer (d. 2017) June 7 – Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor June 8 – Bruce McCandless II, American astronaut (d. 2017) June 11 – Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine June 12 – Vladimir Arnold, Soviet-Russian mathematician (d. 2010) June 13 – Raj Reddy, Indian computer scientist June 15 – Waylon Jennings, American country singer (d. 2002) June 16 Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tsar of Bulgaria (1943-1946), 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001-2005) Erich Segal, American author, screenwriter, and educator (d. 2010) June 18 Ronald Venetiaan, 6th and 8th President of Suriname Vitaly Zholobov, Soviet cosmonaut June 19 – André Glucksmann, French philosopher, author (d. 2015) June 23 – Martti Ahtisaari, 10th President of Finland June 25 Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait Keizō Obuchi, 54th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000) June 26 – Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) July July 2 – Richard Petty, American stock car racer, 7-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion July 3 – Tom Stoppard, Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter July 4 – Queen Sonja of Norway July 5 – Jo de Roo, Dutch road racing cyclist July 6 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist Ned Beatty, American actor (d. 2021) Michael Sata, 5th President of Zambia (d. 2014) July 7 Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish rowing coxswain Nanami Shiono, Japanese author, novelist Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong businessman and politician Giovanni Arrighi, Italian economist, sociologist and world-systems analyst (d. 2009) July 9 – David Hockney, English-born artist July 12 Bill Cosby, African-American actor, comedian, educator and convicted sex offender Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France July 14 – Yoshirō Mori, 55th Prime Minister of Japan July 17 – Jaberi Bidandi Ssali, Ugandan politician, businessman July 18 Roald Hoffmann, Polish-born chemist and Nobel laureate Hunter S. Thompson, American author and journalist (d. 2005) July 24 – Manoj Kumar, Indian