politician (d. 2019) March 21 – Solomon Burke, African-American singer, songwriter (d. 2010) March 22 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian actor (The Killing Fields) (d. 1996) March 25 Anita Bryant, American entertainer Mina, Italian singer March 26 James Caan, American actor (d. 2022) Nancy Pelosi, American politician; Speaker and Minority Leader (alternately) of the United States House of Representatives March 27 – Marie Jepsen, Danish politician (d. 2018) March 29 Ray Davis, African-American musician (P-Funk) (d. 2005) Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian-born singer March 30 – Jerry Lucas, American professional basketball player March 31 – Patrick Leahy, American politician April April 1 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2011) April 2 Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981) Dame Penelope Keith, English actress April 4 – Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (d. 2018) April 6 – Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor (d. 2011) April 8 – John Havlicek, American basketball player (d. 2019) April 12 – Herbie Hancock, African-American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor April 13 J. M. G. Le Clézio, French writer and professor Max Mosley, British motorsport boss (d. 2021) José Nápoles, Cuban-born Mexican boxer (d. 2019) April 14 Julie Christie, English actress Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (d. 2021) April 15 Faimalaga Luka, 6th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d. 2005) Robert Walker Jr., American actor (d. 2019) Yossef Romano, Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972) April 16 David Holford, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2022) Queen Margrethe II of Denmark April 17 – John McCririck, English horse racing pundit (d. 2019) April 18 Ira von Furstenberg, European socialite and actress Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Ken Shellito, English footballer, manager (d. 2018) April 19 – Reinhard Bonnke, German Pentecostal evangelist (d. 2019) April 20 – Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and film director (d. 1997) April 22 – Marie-José Nat, French actress (d. 2019) April 23 – Danilo Astori, Uruguayan politician, 15th Vice President of Uruguay April 24 – Sue Grafton, American detective novelist (d. 2017) April 25 Al Pacino, American actor, film director Tristram Powell, English television director, film director, writer and producer April 26 Tan Cheng Bock, Singaporean politician Giorgio Moroder, Italian film composer April 30 Burt Young, American actor, author and painter Ermindo Onega, Argentine footballer (d. 1979) May May 1 – Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer (d. 2021) May 2 Manuel Esquivel, Belizean