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Ralph Nader American consumer advocate, author of Unsafe at Any Speed, and presidential candidate 02/27/1934 |
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M. T. Vasudevan Nair Indian novelist, screenwriter, and motion picture director, Nirmalyam 07/15/1933 |
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Tatsuya Nakadai Japanese actor, Kagemusha, Ran 12/13/1932 |
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor American writer of children's and young adult fiction, the Shiloh and Alice series 01/04/1933 |
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Joe Negri American jazz guitarist and actor, TV's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 06/10/1926 |
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Russell M. Nelson American religious leader, Church of Latter-day Saints president (2018–present) 09/09/1924 |
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Willie Nelson American country singer, musician, songwriter, "On the Road Again”, and actor 04/29/1933 |
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Ron Nessen American journalist and government official, White House Press Secretary (1974–1977) 05/25/1934 |
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Julie Newmar American actress, TV’s My Living Doll, Batman 08/16/1933 |
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Thomas Noguchi Japanese-born American medical examiner, nicknamed "Coroner to the Stars" 01/04/1927 |
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Kathleen Nolan American actress, TV’s The Real McCoys 09/27/1933 |
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Cees Nooteboom Dutch novelist, Rituals, poet, and travel writer 07/31/1933 |
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Pierre Nora French historian 11/17/1931 |
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John Norman American writer, the Gor series of fantasy novels 06/03/1931 |
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Kim Novak American actress, Picnic, Vertigo, Bell, Book and Candle 02/13/1933 |
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Sam Nujoma Namibian president (1990–2005) 05/12/1929 |
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Alanis Obomsawin American-born Canadian documentarian, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance 08/31/1932 |
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Nancy Olson American actress, Sunset Boulevard, The Absent-Minded Professor 07/14/1928 |
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Jirō Ono Japanese restaurateur and sushi master 10/27/1925 |
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Yoko Ono Japanese-born conceptual artist, singer, and peace activist 02/18/1933 |
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Marcel Ophuls French/American documentarian, The Sorry and the Pity 11/01/1927 |
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Alan Oppenheimer American actor and voice artist, TV's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 04/23/1930 |
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Cynthia Ozick American writer, The Puttermesser Papers 04/17/1928 |
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Abel Pacheco Costa Rican president (2002–2006) 12/22/1933 |
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Bob Packwood American politician, Oregon senator (1969–1995) 09/11/1932 |
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Geneviève Page French actress, Belle de jour, Mayerling 12/13/1927 |
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Debra Paget American actress, The Ten Commandments, Love Me Tender 08/19/1933 |
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Rod Paige American government official, Secretary of Education (2000–2004) 06/17/1933 |
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Gino Paoli Italian singer and songwriter 09/23/1934 |
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Michael Parenti American political analyst and social critic, author of Make-Believe Media 09/30/1933 |
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Estelle Parsons American Oscar-winning actress, Bonnie and Clyde, TV's Roseanne 11/20/1927 |
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Katherine Paterson American children's writer, Bridge to Terabithia 10/31/1932 |
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Leonard Peikoff Canadian-born American philosopher, author of The Ominous Parallels 10/15/1933 |
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Roger Penrose English Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and theoretical physicist 08/08/1931 |
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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Argentinian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 11/26/1931 |
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Isabel Perón Argentinian president (1974–1976) 02/04/1931 |
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Pierre Perret French singer and composer 07/09/1934 |
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Michelle Perrot French historian, author of The Bedroom: An Intimate History 05/18/1928 |
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William Perry American government official, Secretary of Defense (1994–1997) 10/11/1927 |
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Bill Persky American television writer, director, and producer, The Dick Van Dyke Show 09/09/1931 |
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Bob Pettit American basketball player 12/12/1932 |
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Edmund Phelps American Nobel Prize-winning economist 07/26/1933 |
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Siân Phillips Welsh actress, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, TV's I, Claudius 05/14/1933 |
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Thomas Pickering American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1989–1992) 11/05/1931 |
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Vivian Pickles English actress, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Harold and Maude 10/21/1931 |
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Nicholas Pileggi American author and screenwriter, Goodfellas 02/22/1933 |
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Theodor Pištěk Czech painter and costume designer, Amadeus 10/25/1932 |
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Michelangelo Pistoletto Italian painter and sculptor 06/23/1933 |
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Frances Fox Piven Canadian-born American political scientist and activist 10/10/1932 |
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Alvin Plantinga American analytic philosopher 11/15/1932 |
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Michel Plasson French conductor 10/02/1933 |
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Joan Plowright English actress, The Entertainer, Avalon, Enchanted April 10/28/1929 |
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Norman Podhoretz American neoconservative writer and commentator 01/16/1930 |
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Priscilla Pointer American actress, Carrie, TV's Dallas 05/18/1924 |
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Roman Polanski French/Polish motion picture director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist 08/18/1933 |
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John Polanyi German-born Canadian Nobel Prize-winning chemist 01/23/1929 |
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Arnaldo Pomodoro Italian sculptor 06/23/1926 |
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Elena Poniatowska French-born Mexican journalist and writer, Massacre in Mexico 05/19/1932 |
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Omara Portuondo Cuban singer and dancer 10/29/1930 |
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Alvin Poussaint American psychiatrist and television consultant 05/15/1934 |
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Vladimir Pozner French/Russian/American journalist and political commentator 04/01/1934 |
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Don Preston American keyboardist, member of the Mothers of Invention 09/21/1932 |
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Leontyne Price American opera singer 02/10/1927 |
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Princess Margaretha Swedish royal 10/31/1934 |
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Queen Ida American zydeco accordionist 01/15/1929 |
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Eve Queler American conductor 01/11/1931 |
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Arnulf Rainer Austrian painter 12/08/1929 |
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Yvonne Rainer American choreographer and filmmaker 11/24/1934 |
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Dieter Rams German industrial designer 05/20/1932 |
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Charles Rangel American politician, New York representative (1971–2017) 06/11/1930 |
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Ernest Ranglin Jamaican ska and jazz guitarist 06/19/1932 |
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C. N. R. Rao Indian chemist 06/30/1934 |
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Frederic Raphael American-born English novelist, nonfiction writer, and screenwriter, Darling, Eyes Wide Shut 08/14/1931 |
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Jean-Paul Rappeneau French screenwriter and motion picture director, A Matter of Resistance 04/08/1932 |
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Dan Rather American journalist and broadcaster 10/31/1931 |
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Edgar Reitz German filmmaker, the Heimat series 11/01/1932 |
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Line Renaud French singer, actress, and AIDS activist 07/02/1928 |
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Clive Revill New Zealand actor, Avanti!, The Empire Strikes Back 04/18/1930 |
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Pierre Richard French actor, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, The Toy 08/16/1934 |
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Renée Richards American tennis player and transgender pioneer 08/19/1934 |
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Gerhard Richter German painter 02/09/1932 |
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Bridget Riley English painter 04/24/1931 |
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Richard Riley American politician, South Carolina governor (1979–1987), and U.S. Secretary of Education (1993–2001) 01/02/1933 |
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Helmuth Rilling German conductor 05/29/1933 |
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Maria Riva German-born American actress and memoirist, Marlene Dietrich 12/13/1924 |
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William Roache English actor, TV's Coronation Street 04/25/1932 |
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Tom Robbins American writer, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 07/22/1932 |
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Rachel Robinson American activist and educator, widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson 07/19/1922 |
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Arthur Rock American venture capitalist 08/19/1926 |
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Hans-Joachim Roedelius German electronic musician and composer 10/26/1934 |
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Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist 09/07/1930 |
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Roy Romer American politician, Colorado governor (1987–1999) 10/31/1928 |
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Ken Rosewall Australian tennis player 11/02/1934 |
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Marion Ross American actress, TV's Happy Days 10/25/1928 |
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Arnold Roth American cartoonist and illustrator 02/25/1929 |
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Jacques Roubaud French poet and novelist, The Great Fire of London 12/05/1932 |
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Patricia Routledge English actress, TV's Keeping Up Appearances 02/17/1929 |
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Carlo Rubbia Italian Nobel Prize-winning particle physicist 03/31/1934 |
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Bobby Rush American blues musician 11/10/1933 |
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Norman Rush American writer, Mating 10/24/1933 |
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George Ryan American politician, Illinois governor (1999–2003) 02/24/1934 |
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Mark Rydell American motion picture director, The Rose, On Golden Pond 03/23/1929 |
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Betye Saar American assemblage artist 07/30/1926 |
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Nayantara Sahgal Indian journalist and novelist, Rich Like Us 05/10/1927 |
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Eva Marie Saint American Oscar-winning actress, On the Waterfront, North by Northwest 07/04/1924 |
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Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Bolivian president (1993–1997, 2002–2003) 07/01/1930 |
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Sonia Sanchez American poet and playwright 09/09/1934 |
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Paul Sand American actor, The Hot Rock, TV's Friends and Lovers 03/05/1932 (Some sources cite 1935) |
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Tony Sandler Belgian singer, half of the Sandler and Young vocal duo 08/18/1933 |
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José Sarney Brazilian president (1985–1990) 04/24/1930 |
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Prunella Scales English actress, TV's Fawlty Towers 06/22/1932 |
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Jerry Schatzberg American photographer and motion picture director, Scarecrow 06/26/1927 |
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Ronnie Schell American comedian and actor, TV's Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 12/23/1931 |
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Lalo Schifrin Argentinian-born American film and television score composer, Mission: Impossible 06/21/1932 |
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George Schlatter American television producer, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Real People 12/31/1929 |
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Eva Schloss Austrian/English Holocaust survivor and memoirist, stepsister of Anne Frank 05/11/1929 |
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Rebecca Schull American actress, TV's Wings 02/22/1929 |
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Rudolf Schuster Slovak president (1999–2004) 01/04/1934 |
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David Scott American astronaut 06/06/1932 |
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Peter Dale Scott Canadian-born poet and political analyst 01/11/1929 |
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Denise Scott Brown Northern Rhodesian-born American architect 10/03/1931 |
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John Searle American philosopher 07/31/1932 |
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Frank Sedgman Australian tennis player 10/29/1927 |
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Bud Selig American sports executive, Commissioner of Baseball (1998–2015) 07/30/1934 |
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Joan Semmel American painter 10/19/1932 |
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Amartya Sen Indian Nobel Prize-winning economist 11/03/1933 |
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Jean-Pierre Serre French mathematician 09/15/1926 |
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Doc Severinsen American trumpeter and bandleader, The Tonight Show (1967–1992) 07/07/1927 |
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Gene Shalit American film and book critic and television personality, The Today Show (1973–2010) 03/25/1926 |
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Bobby Shantz American baseball player 09/26/1925 |
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Isadore Sharp Canadian hotelier, founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts 10/08/1931 |
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William F. Sharpe American Nobel Prize-winning economist 06/16/1934 |
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William Shatner Canadian actor, Miss Congeniality, TV's Star Trek, Boston Legal 03/22/1931 |
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Rodion Shchedrin Russian composer and pianist 12/16/1932 |
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Jerry Sheindlin American jurist and television personality, The People's Court 11/19/1933 |
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Richard Shelby American politician, Alabama representative (1979–1987) and senator (1987–2023) 05/06/1934 |
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George Shirley American opera singer 04/18/1934 |
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Bernie S. Siegel American pediatric surgeon, advocate of alternative healing and patients' rights 10/14/1932 |
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Larry Silverstein American real estate developer 05/30/1931 |
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Alan Simpson American politician, Wyoming senator (1979–1997) 09/02/1931 |
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Fauja Singh Indian-born English marathon runner 04/01/1911 (Due to the lack of a birth certificate, Singh's birth year claim cannot be officially verified) |
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Manmohan Singh Indian prime minister (2004–2014) 09/26/1932 |
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Sirikit Thai queen consort (1950–2016) 08/12/1932 |
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Ali al-Sistani Iranian-born Shiite cleric and community leader 08/04/1930 |
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Sister Jean American nun, chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team 08/21/1919 |
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Tom Skerritt American actor, Alien, Top Gun, Steel Magnolias 08/25/1933 |
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Dennis Skinner English politician, member of parliament (1970–2019) 02/11/1932 |
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Ruth Slenczynska American classical pianist 01/15/1925 |
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Stephen Smale American mathematician 07/15/1930 |
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George E. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 05/10/1930 |
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Hamilton O. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist 08/23/1931 |
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Lois Smith American actress, East of Eden, Twister 11/03/1930 |
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Vernon L. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning economist 01/01/1927 |
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William Smithers American actor, Papillon, TV's Dallas 07/10/1927 |
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Gary Snyder American poet, Turtle Island 05/08/1930 |
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Nicéphore Soglo Beninese politician, prime minister (1990–1991) and president (1991–1996) 11/29/1934 |
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Martial Solal Algerian-born French jazz pianist and composer 08/23/1927 |
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Josef Sommer American actor, Dirty Harry, Witness 06/26/1934 |
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George Soros Hungarian/American investor and philanthropist 08/12/1930 |
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Thomas Sowell American economist and social theorist 06/30/1930 |
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Wole Soyinka Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning playwright, novelist, and poet 07/13/1934 |
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Gerry Spence American trial lawyer, author of How to Argue and Win Every Time 01/08/1929 |
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June Squibb American actress, About Schmidt, Nebraska 11/06/1929 |
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Gloria Steinem American feminist and political activist, co-founder of Ms. magazine 03/25/1934 |
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George Stevens Jr. American producer and writer, founder of the American Film Institute 04/03/1932 |
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Mike Stoller American songwriter, "Jailhouse Rock", "Stand by Me" 03/13/1933 |
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Donna Stoneman American mandolinist 02/07/1934 |
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Charles Strouse American composer, Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, Annie 06/07/1928 |
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Morton Subotnick American electronic music composer, Silver Apples of the Moon 04/14/1933 |
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Jiří Suchý Czech actor, playwright, singer, and songwriter 10/01/1931 |
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Louis Wade Sullivan American government official, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989–1993) 11/03/1933 |
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Akira Suzuki Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist 09/12/1930 |
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Jan Švankmajer Czech puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker 09/04/1934 |
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Chuck Swindoll American pastor and Christian radio personality 10/18/1934 |
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Nita Talbot American actress, Buck and the Preacher, TV's Hogan's Heroes 08/08/1930 |
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Gay Talese American literary journalist, Honor Thy Father 02/07/1932 |
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Charles Taylor Canadian philosopher 11/05/1931 |
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Renée Taylor American actress, TV’s The Nanny, and screenwriter, Lovers and Other Strangers 03/19/1933 |
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Norman Tebbit English politician, member of parliament (1970–1992) 03/29/1931 |
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James Tolkan American actor, Back to the Future, Top Gun 06/20/1931 |
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Claire Tomalin English journalist and biographer, Jane Austen: A Life 06/20/1933 |
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Calvin Tomkins American art critic, staff writer for The New Yorker 12/17/1925 |
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Constance Towers American actress, Shock Corridor, TV's General Hospital 05/20/1933 |
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Edolphus Towns American politician, New York representative (1983–2013) 07/21/1934 |
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Jan Troell Swedish motion picture director, The Emigrants, The New Land 07/23/1931 |
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Zurab Tsereteli Russian sculptor and painter 01/04/1934 |
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Tu Youyou Chinese Nobel Prize-winning pharmaceutical chemist 12/30/1930 |
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Bob Uecker American baseball player, sportscaster, and actor, TV's Mr. Belvedere 01/26/1934 |
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Valentino Italian fashion designer 05/11/1932 |
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Frankie Valli American singer, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", frontman of the Four Seasons 05/03/1934 |
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Mamie Van Doren American actress, Sex Kittens Go to College, and singer 02/06/1931 |
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Dick Van Dyke American actor, Mary Poppins, TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis: Murder 12/13/1925 |
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Leroy Van Dyke American country singer, "The Auctioneer", "Walk on By" 10/04/1929 |
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Hans van Manen Dutch choreographer 07/11/1932 |
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Nina van Pallandt Danish singer and actress, American Gigolo 07/15/1932 |
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Joyce Van Patten American actress, The Bad News Bears, Grown Ups 03/09/1934 |
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Ornella Vanoni Italian singer and actress 09/22/1934 |
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Anne Vernon French actress, Terror on a Train, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 01/09/1924 |
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Judith Viorst American writer, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 02/02/1931 |
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Ida Vitale Uruguayan poet and literary critic 11/02/1923 |
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Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese president (2000–2012) 05/29/1926 |
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Robert Wagner American actor, the Austin Powers film series, TV's Hart to Hart 02/10/1930 |
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Shani Wallis English/American singer and actress, Oliver! 04/14/1933 |
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James Watson American Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and biophysicist 04/06/1928 |
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Ronald Wayne American electronics industry businessman, co-founded Apple Computer Company 05/17/1934 |
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William H. Webster American government official, director of the FBI (1978–1987) and CIA (1987–1991) 03/06/1924 |
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Sanford I. Weill American financier and philanthropist 03/16/1933 |
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Rainer Weiss German-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 09/29/1932 |
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James West American inventor and acoustician, co-developed the foil electret microphone 02/10/1931 |
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Gloria Whelan American poet and children's writer, Homeless Bird 11/23/1923 |
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Bill White American baseball player, sportscaster, and sports executive 01/28/1934 |
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Jacqueline White American actress, Crossfire, The Narrow Margin 11/27/1922 |
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Jim Whittaker American mountain climber, first American to ascend Mount Everest 02/10/1929 |
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Torsten Wiesel Swedish Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist 06/03/1924 |
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Douglas Wilder American politician, Virginia governor (1990–1994) 01/17/1931 |
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Billy Williams English cinematographer, On Golden Pond, Gandhi 06/03/1929 |
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John Williams American film score composer, Jaws, Star Wars, and conductor 02/08/1932 |
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Garry Wills American journalist and historian, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg 05/22/1934 |
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Mary Louise Wilson American actress, TV's One Day at a Time, Broadway's Grey Gardens 11/12/1931 |
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Pete Wilson American politician, California senator (1983–1991) and governor (1991–1999) 08/23/1933 |
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James Wines American sculptor, architect, and environmental designer 06/27/1932 |
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Irwin Winkler American motion picture producer, Rocky, Raging Bull 05/25/1931 |
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Frederick Wiseman American documentarian, In Jackson Heights 01/01/1930 |
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Fred Alan Wolf American theoretical physicist 12/03/1934 |
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Christian Wolff French-born American composer 03/08/1934 |
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Gordon S. Wood American historian, author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution 11/27/1933 |
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Woody Woodbury American comedian and talk show host 02/09/1924 |
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Joanne Woodward American Oscar-winning actress, The Three Faces of Eve, Rachel, Rachel 02/27/1930 |
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Irvin D. Yalom American psychiatrist and writer, When Nietzsche Wept 06/13/1931 |
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Yoji Yamada Japanese motion picture director and screenwriter, The Twilight Samurai 09/13/1931 |
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Yang Chen-Ning Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist 10/01/1922 |
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Andrew Young American civil rights leader, politician, and diplomat 03/12/1932 |
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Zhu Rongji Chinese premier (1998–2003) 10/23/1928 (Some sources cite 10/01/1928) |