actor James Read, American actor August August 1 Robert Cray, American musician Steven Krasner, American sportswriter August 2 – Butch Patrick, American child actor and musician August 4 – Antonio Tajani, Italian politician, President of the European Parliament August 5 András Ligeti, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2021) Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005) August 8 – Nigel Mansell, English 1992 Formula 1 world champion August 9 – Jean Tirole, French Nobel Prize-winning economist August 11 – Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler August 12 Carlos Mesa, President of Bolivia Teddi Siddall, American actress (d. 2018) August 14 Cliff Johnson, American game designer James Horner, American film composer (d. 2015) August 15 Wolfgang Hohlbein, German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction Carol Thatcher, English television personality Sir Mark Thatcher, English businessman August 16 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress August 17 – Herta Müller, German Nobel Prize-winning writer August 18 – Louie Gohmert, American politician August 19 – Benoît Régent, French actor (d. 1994) August 20 Peter Horton, American actor and director Mike Jackson, member of the Texas Senate August 21 – Géza Szőcs, Hungarian poet and politician August 24 – Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist August 26 Edward Lowassa, 8th Prime Minister of Tanzania Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer August 27 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian rock musician (Rush) August 29 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan-born anthropologist August 30 – Robert Parish, American basketball player August 31 – György Károly, Hungarian author (d. 2018) September September 2 – John Zorn, American musician September 4 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager September 8 – Stu Ungar, American poker player (d. 1998) September 9 – Simon Warr, British broadcaster (BBC) and actor (That'll Teach 'Em) (d. 2020) September 10 – Amy Irving, American actress September 12 Nan Goldin, American photographer Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer, artist and photographer (d. 2004) September 13 – Ann Dusenberry, American film actress September 19 – Probal Dasgupta, Indian linguist and Esperantist September 22 – Ségolène Royal, French politician September 23 – Alexey Maslov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces September 27 – Greg Ham, Australian rock musician (Men at Work) (d. 2012) September 29 – Denis Potvin, Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player October October 1 Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete (d. 2011) Klaus Wowereit, German politician October 2 – Brandon Wilson, American author and explorer October 3 – Karen Bass, American politician, 43rd