Dark September 18 Ben Carson, African-American politician, author and neurosurgeon Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (d. 2002) September 20 Guy Lafleur, Canadian hockey player (d. 2022) Javier Marías, Spanish novelist (d. 2022) September 21 – Aslan Maskhadov, President of Chechnya (d. 2005) September 22 David Coverdale, English singer and musician Wolfgang Petry, German singer September 24 – Alfonso Portillo, President of Guatemala September 25 Mark Hamill, American actor, better known for his role in Star Wars Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach September 26 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician September 28 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2015) September 29 Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977) Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler Mike Enriquez, Filipino radio and television newscaster September 30 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine October October 2 – Sting, British singer, rock musician, philanthropist October 3 Keb' Mo', American musician Kathryn D. Sullivan, American astronaut October 4 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet October 5 – Bob Geldof, Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats) Karen Allen, American actress October 6 – Manfred Winkelhock, German racing driver (d. 1985) October 7 Jakaya Kikwete, 4th President of Tanzania John Mellencamp, American musician and songwriter October 10 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian soldier and statesman October 11 Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter Jon Miller, American sports announcer October 15 Hani Al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess grandmaster October 17 – Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian businessman, politician and Lieutenant General of the Indonesian National Armed Forces October 18 Pam Dawber, American actress Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and executive Terry McMillan, American author October 19 – Annie Golden, Americana actress October 20 – Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager and player October 22 – William David Sanders, American victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999) October 23 – Charly García, Argentine musician and songwriter October 25 – Richard Lloyd, American rock guitarist October 26 Willie P. Bennett, Canadian songwriter and singer (d. 2008) Bootsy Collins, American musician, singer-songwriter October 27 – Éric Morena, French singer (d. 2019) October 28 - Marvin Heemeyer, American man who went on a rampage with an armored bulldozer in Granby, Colorado (d. 2004) October 29 - Kelly Sutherland, Canadian Pro Chuckwagon racer October 30 – Harry Hamlin, American actor October 31 – Nick Saban, American football coach November November 2 –