journalist and reviewer (d. 2005) June 16 – Jean d'Ormesson, French novelist (d. 2017) June 17 Luce d'Eramo, Italian writer and literary critic (d. 2001) Mervyn Finlay, Australian member of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Queen's Counsel (d. 2014) June 20 András Kovács, Hungarian filmmaker (d. 2017) Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (d. 1971) June 21 Larisa Avdeyeva, Russian mezzo-soprano (d. 2013) Jean-Gabriel Castel, French-Canadian law professor Giovanni Spadolini, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1994) Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006) June 23 – Oliver Smithies, British-American geneticist (d. 2017) June 25 John Briley, American writer (d. 2019) June Lockhart, American actress Robert Venturi, American architect (d. 2018) P. Viswambharan, Indian politician, socialist, trade unionist and journalist (d. 2016) June 26 – Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman (d. 2021) June 29 Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy Cara Williams, American actress (d. 2021) June 30 Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (d. 2020) Philippe Jaccottet, Swiss poet and translator (d. 2021) Ros Mey, Cambodian-born American Buddhist monk and survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime (d. 2010) Fred Schaus, American basketball player, head coach and athletic director (d. 2010) July July 1 Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011) Art McNally, American football referee (d. 2023) July 2 Marvin Rainwater, American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter (d. 2013) Medgar Evers, African-American civil rights activist (d. 1963) Patrice Lumumba, Congolese independence leader (d. 1961) July 3 Roger Chesneau, French steeplechaser (d. 2012) Keiji Hase, Japanese swimmer July 4 Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (d. 2015) Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 2018) July 5 Jean Raspail, French author, traveler and explorer (d. 2020) Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher (d. 2017) Unto Wiitala, Finnish ice hockey player (d. 2019) July 6 Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (d. 2002) Merv Griffin, American game show host and producer, talk show host, singer (d. 2007) Bill Haley, American musician (d. 1981) Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish scientist and neurosurgeon July 8 – Nicholas Brathwaite, Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 2016) July 9 Mary de Rachewiltz, Italian-American poet and translator Borislav Stanković, Serbian basketball player and coach (d. 2020) July 10 – Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian politician; Former prime minister of Malaysia July 11 Mattiwilda Dobbs, African-American coloratura soprano (d. 2015) Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (d. 2017) Fernando Matthei, Chilean