and politician, 12th President of Italy July 25 Margarita Isabel, Mexican actress (d. 2017) Nate Thurmond, African-American basketball player (d. 2016) Emmett Till, African-American civil rights icon (d. 1955) July 26 – Darlene Love, African-American singer, actress July 27 – Bill Baxley, Alabama politician July 28 Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor July 29 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007) July 30 – Paul Anka, Canadian-American singer, songwriter August August 2 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986) August 3 Martha Stewart, American television personality, media entrepreneur Hage Geingob, 1st Prime Minister of Namibia, 3rd President of Namibia August 4 Martin Jarvis, English actor and voice actor Ted Strickland, American politician August 5 – Gil Garcetti, American politician August 6 – Lyle Berman, American poker player August 8 Earl Boen, American actor and voice actor (d. 2023) George Tiller, American physician (d. 2009) Anri Jergenia, 4th Prime Minister of Abkhazia (d. 2020) August 9 – Shirlee Busbee, American novelist August 12 – Deborah Walley, American actress (d. 2001) August 14 Aïcha Chenna, Moroccan women's rights activist (d. 2022) David Crosby, American musician (Crosby, Stills and Nash) (d. 2023) Connie Smith, American singer August 16 Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan army officer, alleged planner of the Rwandan genocide (d. 2021) David Dickinson, British antiques expert, television presenter August 17 Ibrahim Babangida, President of Nigeria Lothar Bisky, German politician (d. 2013) Fritz Wepper, German actor August 20 – Slobodan Milošević, 3rd President of Yugoslavia and 1st President of Serbia (d. 2006) August 21 Howard Lew Lewis, English comedian, actor (d. 2018) Jackie DeShannon, American singer, songwriter ("What the World Needs Now") August 26 Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress Ayşe Kulin, Turkish writer August 27 Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011) Yury Malyshev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1999) August 28 – A. I. Katsina-Alu, Nigerian judge (d. 2018) August 29 – Robin Leach, English television personality (d. 2018) September September 2 Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league player (d. 2018) Jyrki Otila, Finnish quiz show judge, Member of the European Parliament (d. 2003) John Thompson, American basketball coach (d. 2020) September 3 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian short-story writer, novelist (d. 1990) September 4 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician September 8 Ito Giani, Italian sprinter (d. 2018) Bernie Sanders, American politician, U.S. Senator (D-Vt.), and 2016 presidential candidate Christopher Connelly, American actor (d. 1988) September 9 Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician (Dock of the