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		Ralph Nader American consumer advocate, author of Unsafe at Any Speed, and presidential candidate 02/27/1934
		M. T. Vasudevan Nair Indian novelist, screenwriter, and motion picture director, Nirmalyam 07/15/1933
		Tatsuya Nakadai Japanese actor, Kagemusha, Ran 12/13/1932
		Ram Narayan Indian sarangi player 12/25/1927
		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor American writer of children's and young adult fiction, the Shiloh and Alice series 01/04/1933
		Joe Negri American jazz guitarist and actor, TV's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 06/10/1926
		Russell M. Nelson American religious leader, Church of Latter-day Saints president (2018–present) 09/09/1924
		Willie Nelson American country singer, musician, songwriter, "On the Road Again”, and actor 04/29/1933
		Bob Newhart American comedian and actor, Elf, TV's The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart 09/05/1929
		Julie Newmar American actress, TV’s My Living Doll, Batman 08/16/1933
		Thomas Noguchi Japanese-born American medical examiner, nicknamed "Coroner to the Stars" 01/04/1927
		Kathleen Nolan American actress, TV’s The Real McCoys 09/27/1933
		Cees Nooteboom Dutch novelist, Rituals, poet, and travel writer 07/31/1933
		Pierre Nora French historian 11/17/1931
		John Norman American writer, the Gor series of fantasy novels 06/03/1931
		Kim Novak American actress, Picnic, Vertigo, Bell, Book and Candle 02/13/1933
		Sam Nujoma Namibian president (1990–2005) 05/12/1929
		Alanis Obomsawin American-born Canadian documentarian, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance 08/31/1932
		Edna O'Brien Irish writer, The Country Girls 12/15/1930
		Nancy Olson American actress, Sunset Boulevard, The Absent-Minded Professor 07/14/1928
		Jirō Ono Japanese restaurateur and sushi master 10/27/1925
		Yoko Ono Japanese-born conceptual artist, singer, and peace activist 02/18/1933
		Marcel Ophuls French/American documentarian, The Sorry and the Pity 11/01/1927
		Alan Oppenheimer American actor and voice artist, TV's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 04/23/1930
		Cynthia Ozick American writer, The Puttermesser Papers 04/17/1928
		Abel Pacheco Costa Rican president (2002–2006) 12/22/1933
		Bob Packwood American politician, Oregon senator (1969–1995) 09/11/1932
		Geneviève Page French actress, Belle de jour, Mayerling 12/13/1927
		Debra Paget American actress, The Ten Commandments, Love Me Tender 08/19/1933
		Janis Paige American actress, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Broadway's The Pajama Game 09/16/1922
		Rod Paige American government official, Secretary of Education (2000–2004) 06/17/1933
		Michael Parenti American political analyst and social critic, author of Make-Believe Media 09/30/1933
		Estelle Parsons American Oscar-winning actress, Bonnie and Clyde, TV's Roseanne 11/20/1927
		Katherine Paterson American children's writer, Bridge to Terabithia 10/31/1932
		Leonard Peikoff Canadian-born American philosopher, author of The Ominous Parallels 10/15/1933
		Roger Penrose English Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and theoretical physicist 08/08/1931
		Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Argentinian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 11/26/1931
		Isabel Perón Argentinian president (1974–1976) 02/04/1931
		Michelle Perrot French historian, author of The Bedroom: An Intimate History 05/18/1928
		William Perry American government official, Secretary of Defense (1994–1997) 10/11/1927
		Bill Persky American television writer, director, and producer, The Dick Van Dyke Show 09/09/1931
		Bob Pettit American basketball player 12/12/1932
		Edmund Phelps American Nobel Prize-winning economist 07/26/1933
		Siân Phillips Welsh actress, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, TV's I, Claudius 05/14/1933
		Thomas Pickering American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1989–1992) 11/05/1931
		Vivian Pickles English actress, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Harold and Maude 10/21/1931
		Nicholas Pileggi American author and screenwriter, Goodfellas 02/22/1933
		Silvia Pinal Mexican actress, Viridiana 09/12/1931
		Theodor Pištěk Czech painter and costume designer, Amadeus 10/25/1932
		Michelangelo Pistoletto Italian painter and sculptor 06/23/1933
		Frances Fox Piven Canadian-born American political scientist and activist 10/10/1932
		Alvin Plantinga American analytic philosopher 11/15/1932
		Michel Plasson French conductor 10/02/1933
		Joan Plowright English actress, The Entertainer, Avalon, Enchanted April 10/28/1929
		Norman Podhoretz American neoconservative writer and commentator 01/16/1930
		Priscilla Pointer American actress, Carrie, TV's Dallas 05/18/1924
		Roman Polanski French/Polish motion picture director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist 08/18/1933
		John Polanyi German-born Canadian Nobel Prize-winning chemist 01/23/1929
		Arnaldo Pomodoro Italian sculptor 06/23/1926
		Elena Poniatowska French-born Mexican journalist and writer, Massacre in Mexico 05/19/1932
		Omara Portuondo Cuban singer and dancer 10/29/1930
		Vladimir Pozner French/Russian/American journalist and political commentator 04/01/1934
		Don Preston American keyboardist, member of the Mothers of Invention 09/21/1932
		Leontyne Price American opera singer 02/10/1927
		Queen Ida American zydeco accordionist 01/15/1929
		Eve Queler American conductor 01/11/1931
		Arnulf Rainer Austrian painter 12/08/1929
		Alvin Rakoff Canadian motion picture and television director, City on Fire, Death Ship 02/06/1927
		Dieter Rams German industrial designer 05/20/1932
		Charles Rangel American politician, New York representative (1971–2017) 06/11/1930
		Ernest Ranglin Jamaican ska and jazz guitarist 06/19/1932
		Frederic Raphael American-born English novelist, nonfiction writer, and screenwriter, Darling, Eyes Wide Shut 08/14/1931
		Jean-Paul Rappeneau French screenwriter and motion picture director, A Matter of Resistance 04/08/1932
		Dan Rather American journalist and broadcaster 10/31/1931
		Edgar Reitz German filmmaker, the Heimat series 11/01/1932
		Line Renaud French singer, actress, and AIDS activist 07/02/1928
		Clive Revill New Zealand actor, Avanti!, The Empire Strikes Back 04/18/1930
		Gerhard Richter German painter 02/09/1932
		Bridget Riley English painter 04/24/1931
		Richard Riley American politician, South Carolina governor (1979–1987), and U.S. Secretary of Education (1993–2001) 01/02/1933
		Helmuth Rilling German conductor 05/29/1933
		Maria Riva German-born American actress and memoirist, Marlene Dietrich 12/13/1924
		William Roache English actor, TV's Coronation Street 04/25/1932
		Tom Robbins American writer, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 07/22/1932
		Rachel Robinson American activist and educator, widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson 07/19/1922
		Arthur Rock American venture capitalist 08/19/1926
		Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist 09/07/1930
		Roy Romer American politician, Colorado governor (1987–1999) 10/31/1928
		Marion Ross American actress, TV's Happy Days 10/25/1928
		Arnold Roth American cartoonist and illustrator 02/25/1929
		Jacques Roubaud French poet and novelist, The Great Fire of London 12/05/1932
		Patricia Routledge English actress, TV's Keeping Up Appearances 02/17/1929
		Gena Rowlands American actress, A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria 06/19/1930
		Carlo Rubbia Italian Nobel Prize-winning particle physicist 03/31/1934
		Albert Ruddy Canadian-born American motion picture producer, The Godfather, Million Dollar Baby 03/28/1930
		Bobby Rush American blues musician 11/10/1933
		Norman Rush American writer, Mating 10/24/1933
		William Russell English actor, TV's Doctor Who 11/19/1924
		George Ryan American politician, Illinois governor (1999–2003) 02/24/1934
		Mark Rydell American motion picture director, The Rose, On Golden Pond 03/23/1929
		Betye Saar American assemblage artist 07/30/1926
		Nayantara Sahgal Indian journalist and novelist, Rich Like Us 05/10/1927
		Eva Marie Saint American Oscar-winning actress, On the Waterfront, North by Northwest 07/04/1924
		Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Bolivian president (1993–1997, 2002–2003) 07/01/1930
		Paul Sand American actor, The Hot Rock, TV's Friends and Lovers 03/05/1932 (Some sources cite 1935)
		Silvio Santos Brazilian entrepreneur, media tycoon, and television host 12/12/1930
		José Sarney Brazilian president (1985–1990) 04/24/1930
		Prunella Scales English actress, TV's Fawlty Towers 06/22/1932
		Andrew Schally Polish-born American Nobel Prize-winning endocrinologist 11/30/1926
		Jerry Schatzberg American photographer and motion picture director, Scarecrow 06/26/1927
		Ronnie Schell American comedian and actor, TV's Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 12/23/1931
		Lalo Schifrin Argentinian-born American film and television score composer, Mission: Impossible 06/21/1932
		George Schlatter American television producer, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Real People 12/31/1929
		Eva Schloss Austrian/English Holocaust survivor and memoirist, stepsister of Anne Frank 05/11/1929
		Joe Schmidt American football player and coach 01/19/1932
		Rebecca Schull American actress, TV's Wings 02/22/1929
		Rudolf Schuster Slovak president (1999–2004) 01/04/1934
		David Scott American astronaut 06/06/1932
		Peter Dale Scott Canadian-born poet and political analyst 01/11/1929
		Denise Scott Brown Northern Rhodesian-born American architect 10/03/1931
		John Searle American philosopher 07/31/1932
		Frank Sedgman Australian tennis player 10/29/1927
		Vic Seixas American tennis player 08/30/1923
		Joan Semmel American painter 10/19/1932
		Amartya Sen Indian Nobel Prize-winning economist 11/03/1933
		Jean-Pierre Serre French mathematician 09/15/1926
		Doc Severinsen American trumpeter and bandleader, The Tonight Show (1967–1992) 07/07/1927
		Gene Shalit American film and book critic and television personality, The Today Show (1973–2010) 03/25/1926
		Bobby Shantz American baseball player 09/26/1925
		Isadore Sharp Canadian hotelier, founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts 10/08/1931
		William Shatner Canadian actor, Miss Congeniality, TV's Star Trek, Boston Legal 03/22/1931
		Rodion Shchedrin Russian composer and pianist 12/16/1932
		Jerry Sheindlin American jurist and television personality, The People's Court 11/19/1933
		Richard M. Sherman American songwriter, "Chim Chim Cher-ee", collaborator with brother Robert B. Sherman 06/12/1928
		George Shirley American opera singer 04/18/1934
		Bernie S. Siegel American pediatric surgeon, advocate of alternative healing and patients' rights 10/14/1932
		James B. Sikking American actor, TV's Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser, M.D. 03/05/1934
		Larry Silverstein American real estate developer 05/30/1931
		Alan Simpson American politician, Wyoming senator (1979–1997) 09/02/1931
		Fauja Singh Indian-born English marathon runner 04/01/1911
		Manmohan Singh Indian prime minister (2004–2014) 09/26/1932
		Ali al-Sistani Iranian-born Shiite cleric and community leader 08/04/1930
		Sister Jean American nun, chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team 08/21/1919
		Tom Skerritt American actor, Alien, Top Gun, Steel Magnolias 08/25/1933
		Stephen Smale American mathematician 07/15/1930
		George E. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 05/10/1930
		Hamilton O. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist 08/23/1931
		Lois Smith American actress, East of Eden, Twister 11/03/1930
		Vernon L. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning economist 01/01/1927
		William Smithers American actor, Papillon, TV's Dallas 07/10/1927
		Gary Snyder American poet, Turtle Island 05/08/1930
		Martial Solal Algerian-born French jazz pianist and composer 08/23/1927
		George Soros Hungarian/American investor and philanthropist 08/12/1930
		Thomas Sowell American economist and social theorist 06/30/1930
		Gerry Spence American trial lawyer, author of How to Argue and Win Every Time 01/08/1929
		June Spencer English actress, The Archers radio series 06/14/1919
		Daniel Spoerri Romanian-born Swiss artist 03/27/1930
		June Squibb American actress, About Schmidt, Nebraska 11/06/1929
		Gloria Steinem American feminist and political activist, co-founder of Ms. magazine 03/25/1934
		George Stevens, Jr. American producer and writer, founder of the American Film Institute 04/03/1932
		Mike Stoller American songwriter, "Jailhouse Rock", "Stand by Me" 03/13/1933
		Donna Stoneman American mandolinist 02/07/1934
		Charles Strouse American composer, Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, Annie 06/07/1928
		Morton Subotnick American electronic music composer, Silver Apples of the Moon 04/14/1933
		Jiří Suchý Czech actor, playwright, singer, and songwriter 10/01/1931
		Louis Wade Sullivan American government official, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989–1993) 11/03/1933
		Akira Suzuki Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist 09/12/1930
		Nita Talbot American actress, Buck and the Preacher, TV's Hogan's Heroes 08/08/1930
		Gay Talese American literary journalist, Honor Thy Father 02/07/1932
		Charles Taylor Canadian philosopher 11/05/1931
		Renée Taylor American actress, TV’s The Nanny, and screenwriter, Lovers and Other Strangers 03/19/1933
		Olav Thon Norwegian real estate magnate 06/29/1923
		James Tolkan American actor, Back to the Future, Top Gun 06/20/1931
		Claire Tomalin English journalist and biographer, Jane Austen: A Life 06/20/1933
		Calvin Tomkins American art critic, staff writer for The New Yorker 12/17/1925
		Constance Towers American actress, Shock Corridor, TV's General Hospital 05/20/1933
		Jan Troell Swedish motion picture director, The Emigrants, The New Land 07/23/1931
		Zurab Tsereteli Russian sculptor and painter 01/04/1934
		Tu Youyou Chinese Nobel Prize-winning pharmaceutical chemist 12/30/1930
		Bob Uecker American baseball player, sportscaster, and actor, TV's Mr. Belvedere 01/26/1934
		Caterina Valente French-born Italian singer, guitarist, and actress 01/14/1931
		Valentino Italian fashion designer 05/11/1932
		Mamie Van Doren American actress, Sex Kittens Go to College, and singer 02/06/1931
		Dick Van Dyke American actor, Mary Poppins, TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis: Murder 12/13/1925
		Leroy Van Dyke American country singer, "The Auctioneer", "Walk on By" 10/04/1929
		Hans van Manen Dutch choreographer 07/11/1932
		Nina van Pallandt Danish singer and actress, American Gigolo 07/15/1932
		Joyce Van Patten American actress, The Bad News Bears, Grown Ups 03/09/1934
		Judith Viorst American writer, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 02/02/1931
		Ida Vitale Uruguayan poet and literary critic 11/02/1923
		Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese president (2000–2012) 05/29/1926
		Robert Wagner American actor, the Austin Powers film series, TV's Hart to Hart 02/10/1930
		Shani Wallis English/American singer and actress, Oliver! 04/14/1933
		James Watson American Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and biophysicist 04/06/1928
		William H. Webster American government official, director of the FBI (1978–1987) and CIA (1987–1991) 03/06/1924
		Sanford I. Weill American financier and philanthropist 03/16/1933
		Rainer Weiss German-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 09/29/1932
		James West American inventor and acoustician, co-developed the foil electret microphone 02/10/1931
		Ruth Westheimer German-born American psychosexual therapist and talk show host 06/04/1928
		Gloria Whelan American poet and children's writer, Homeless Bird 11/23/1923
		Bill White American baseball player, sportscaster, and sports executive 01/28/1934
		Jacqueline White American actress, Crossfire, The Narrow Margin 11/27/1922
		Jim Whittaker American mountain climber, first American to ascend Mount Everest 02/10/1929
		Torsten Wiesel Swedish Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist 06/03/1924
		Douglas Wilder American politician, Virginia governor (1990–1994) 01/17/1931
		Billy Williams English cinematographer, The Exorcist, On Golden Pond, Gandhi 06/03/1929
		John Williams American film score composer, Jaws, Star Wars, and conductor 02/08/1932
		Mary Louise Wilson American actress, TV's One Day at a Time, Broadway's Grey Gardens 11/12/1931
		Pete Wilson American politician, California senator (1983–1991) and governor (1991–1999) 08/23/1933
		James Wines American sculptor, architect, and environmental designer 06/27/1932
		Irwin Winkler American motion picture producer, Rocky, Raging Bull 05/25/1931
		Frederick Wiseman American documentarian, In Jackson Heights 01/01/1930
		Christian Wolff French-born American composer 03/08/1934
		Gordon S. Wood American historian, author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution 11/27/1933
		Woody Woodbury American comedian and talk show host 02/09/1924
		Joanne Woodward American Oscar-winning actress, The Three Faces of Eve, Rachel, Rachel 02/27/1930
		Irvin D. Yalom American psychiatrist and writer, When Nietzsche Wept 06/13/1931
		Yoji Yamada Japanese motion picture director and screenwriter, The Twilight Samurai 09/13/1931
		Yang Chen-Ning Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist 10/01/1922
		Andrew Young American civil rights leader, politician, and diplomat 03/12/1932
		Zhu Rongji Chinese premier (1998–2003) 10/23/1928 (Some sources cite 10/01/1928)
		Philip Zimbardo American psychologist, conducted 1971's Stanford Prison Experiment 03/23/1933