Date | Name | Notability |
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January 2 | Wendy Phillips | Actress ( Falcon Crest ) |
Ng Man-tat | Hong Kong actor ( Shaolin Soccer ) (d. 2021) |
January 3 | Jim Ross | Professional wrestling commentator |
January 12 | Walter Mosley | Author |
January 19 | Beau Weaver | Voice actor |
January 20 | Dave Fennoy | Voice actor |
January 27 | Patti Burns | Anchor (d. 2001) |
January 28 | Bruce Helford | Writer |
February 16 | Stella Farentino | Actress |
February 17 | Garry Chalk | Voice actor |
February 19 | Sara Moulton | Chef and television host |
February 29 | Sharon Dahlonega Bush | Television newscaster |
Albert Welling | Television actor |
March 2 | Janice Burgess | American TV executive, producer, screenwriter ( The Backyardigans , Nick Jr., Winx Club ) (d. 2024) [4] |
Laraine Newman | Comic actress ( Saturday Night Live ) |
March 4 | Ronn Moss | Actor, musician ( The Bold and the Beautiful ) |
March 7 | Lynn Swann | Broadcaster |
March 11 | Susan Richardson | Actress ( Eight is Enough ) |
March 21 | Andrew D. Weyman | Director |
March 22 | Bob Costas | Sportscaster |
April 1 | Annette O'Toole | Actress ( Smallville ) |
April 5 | Mitch Pileggi | Actor ( The X-Files ) |
April 6 | Marilu Henner | Actress ( Taxi ) |
Erin Moriarty | American television news reporter |
April 10 | Steven Seagal | Actor |
April 16 | Billy West | Voice actor ( Doug , The Ren and Stimpy Show , Futurama ) |
April 17 | Joe Alaskey | Actor ( Looney Tunes ), (d. 2016) |
April 27 | Larry Elder | Political commentator |
George Gervin | NBA basketball player |
April 28 | Mary McDonnell | Actress |
April 29 | Nora Dunn | Actress, comedian ( Saturday Night Live ) |
May 2 | Christine Baranski | Actress ( Cybill , The Good Wife ) |
May 4 | Michael Barrymore | British comedian, presenter |
May 6 | Gregg Henry | Actor, musician |
Michael O'Hare | Actor ( Babylon 5 ) (d. 2012) |
Fred Newman | Actor ( Doug , Between the Lions ) |
May 11 | Frances Fisher | Actress ( The Edge of Night ) |
Shohreh Aghdashloo | Actress |
May 18 | George Strait | Actor |
May 21 | Mr. T | Actor (B. A. Baracus on The A-Team ) |
Richard Dominick | American television producer |
May 23 | John Quiñones | ABC News correspondent |
June 7 | Liam Neeson | Actor |
June 14 | Eddie Mekka | Actor ( Laverne & Shirley ) (d. 2021) |
June 18 | Carol Kane | Actress ( Taxi ) |
June 20 | John Goodman | Actor ( Roseanne ) |
June 22 | Graham Greene | Actor |
June 28 | Alan Pasqua | Composer |
Debbie Zipp | Actress |
July 1 | Dan Aykroyd | Comedian and actor ( Saturday Night Live ) |
Brian George | Israeli-British actor ( The Edison Twins , The Big Bang Theory , Kim Possible , Green Lantern: The Animated Series ) |
July 6 | Grant Goodeve | American actor ( Eight is Enough ) |
July 9 | John Tesh | American composer |
July 11 | Stephen Lang | Actor |
July 14 | Stan Shaw | Actor ( Houseguest ) |
July 15 | Terry O'Quinn | Actor ( Lost ) |
July 17 | David Hasselhoff | Actor ( Knight Rider , Baywatch ) |
July 20 | Thom Beers | Voice actor |
July 27 | Roxanne Hart | Actress ( Chicago Hope ) |
August 1 | Brian Patrick Clarke | Actor |
August 4 | Bobby Buntrock | Actor ( Hazel ) (d. 1974) |
August 5 | Louis Walsh | Irish music manager |
August 7 | Caroline Aaron | Actress |
August 10 | Daniel Hugh Kelly | Actor ( Hardcastle and McCormick ) |
August 16 | Reginald VelJohnson | Actor ( Family Matters ) |
Caitlin O'Heaney | Actress ( Tales of the Gold Monkey ) |
August 18 | Patrick Swayze | Actor and dancer (d. 2009) |
August 19 | Jonathan Frakes | Actor ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ), director |
August 20 | Brenda Blackmon | American anchor |
August 27 | Paul Reubens | Comic actor ( Pee-wee's Playhouse , Batman: The Brave and the Bold ) (d. 2023) |
August 29 | Deborah Van Valkenburgh | Actress ( Too Close for Comfort ) |
September 2 | Leslie Cockburn | American investigative journalist |
September 5 | Michael Horton | Actor ( Murder, She Wrote ) |
September 9 | Angela Cartwright | Actress ( Make Room for Daddy , Lost in Space ) |
September 16 | Mickey Rourke | American actor |
September 19 | David Hoberman | American film and television producer |
September 25 | Christopher Reeve | Actor (d. 2004) |
Tommy Norden | Actor ( Flipper ) |
Toukie Smith | Actress ( 227 ) |
September 27 | Gail Edwards | Actress ( It's a Living , Full House , Blossom ) |
September 30 | John Finn | Actor ( Cold Case ) |
October 9 | Sharon Osbourne | TV personality ( The Osbournes , The Talk ) |
October 14 | Harry Anderson | Actor ( Night Court ) (d. 2018) |
October 18 | Chuck Lorre | Television director, writer, producer, composer, and actor |
October 20 | Melanie Mayron | Actress, director ( Thirtysomething ) |
October 22 | Jeff Goldblum | Actor ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent ) |
October 27 | Ted Wass | Actor, director ( Soap , Blossom ) |
Michael H. Shamberg | Director (d. 2014) |
October 28 | Annie Potts | Actress ( Designing Women ) |
October 30 | Emily Kuroda | Actress ( Gilmore Girls ) |
November 3 | Roseanne Barr | Actress, comedian ( Roseanne ) |
Jim Cummings | Voice actor ( The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh , Darkwing Duck , CatDog ) |
November 5 | Bill Walton | NBA basketball player |
November 6 | Gary Goetzman | American film and television producer and actor |
November 8 | Alfre Woodard | Actress |
November 9 | John Megna | Actor (d. 1995) |
November 15 | Randy Savage | Pro wrestler and actor (WWE,WCW), (d. 2011) |
November 28 | S. Epatha Merkerson | Actress ( Law & Order ) |
November 29 | Jeff Fahey | Actor ( The Marshal , Lost ) |
November 30 | Mandy Patinkin | Actor ( Criminal Minds ) |
December 2 | Keith Szarabajka | Actor |
December 3 | Benny Hinn | Christian televangelist |
December 9 | Michael Dorn | Actor ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ) |
December 10 | Susan Dey | Actress ( The Partridge Family , L.A. Law ) |
Clive Anderson | English presenter |
December 12 | Sarah Douglas | Actress ( Falcon Crest ) |
December 15 | Lee Aronsohn | American television writer, composer and producer |
December 20 | Ray Bumatai | Actor (Tito Makani on Rocket Power ) (d. 2005) |
December 23 | Bill Kristol | Writer |
December 25 | CCH Pounder | Actress ( ER , Rocket Power ) |
December 29 | Robert Wightman | Actor ( The Waltons ) |