Date |
Name |
Notability
|
January 2
|
Cynthia Sikes Yorkin
|
Actress (
St. Elsewhere)
|
January 5
|
Alex English
|
NBA basketball player
|
January 6
|
Trudie Styler
|
Actress
|
January 7
|
Jodi Long
|
Actress
|
January 8
|
Jerry Vivino
|
American musician
|
January 12
|
Howard Stern
|
Radio and TV personality (
America's Got Talent)
|
January 19
|
Katey Sagal
|
Actress and singer (
Married... with Children,
Futurama,
Sons of Anarchy)
|
January 24
|
William Allen Young
|
Actor (
Moesha)
|
January 27
|
Ed Schultz
|
Talk show host and sportscaster (d. 2018)
|
Adrian Taylor
|
Producer (d. 2014)
|
January 28
|
Simon Templeman
|
Actor
|
January 29
|
Oprah Winfrey
|
Actress and talk-show host (
The Oprah Winfrey Show)
|
February 1
|
Bill Mumy
|
Actor and musician (
Lost in Space)
|
February 2
|
Christie Brinkley
|
Model and actress
|
February 6
|
David Hart
|
Actor (
In the Heat of the Night)
|
February 9
|
René Balcer
|
Writer
|
February 15
|
Matt Groening
|
Creator of
The Simpsons and
Futurama
|
February 17
|
Rene Russo
|
Actress
|
February 18
|
John Travolta
|
Actor (
Welcome Back, Kotter)
|
John Mankiewicz
|
Director
|
February 20
|
Anthony Head
|
English actor (
Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
|
Patty Hearst
|
Actress
|
March 1
|
Catherine Bach
|
Actress (
Daisy Duke on
The Dukes of Hazzard)
|
Ron Howard
|
Actor (
Opie Taylor on
The Andy Griffith Show,
Richie Cunningham on
Happy Days) and director
|
March 3
|
Robert Gossett
|
Actor
|
March 4
|
Catherine O'Hara
|
Actress
|
March 5
|
Marsha Warfield
|
Actress and comedian (
Night Court)
|
Marla Pennington
|
Actress (
Small Wonder)
|
March 9
|
Michele Marsh
|
Journalist (d. 2017)
|
Martin P. Robinson
|
Puppeteer
|
Kevin Wade
|
Producer
|
March 12
|
Eugene Robinson
|
Journalist
|
March 13
|
Robin Duke
|
Canadian actress and comedian (
Saturday Night Live)
|
March 14
|
Adrian Zmed
|
Actor (
T.J. Hooker)
|
March 15
|
Craig Wasson
|
Actor (
One Life to Live)
|
March 17
|
Lesley-Anne Down
|
Actress (
The Bold and the Beautiful)
|
March 24
|
Donna Pescow
|
Actress and director (
Out of This World,
Even Stevens)
|
Robert Carradine
|
Actor (
Lizzie McGuire)
|
March 29
|
Dianne Kay
|
Actress (
Eight is Enough)
|
April 3
|
Glenn Gordon Caron
|
Writer
|
April 7
|
Jackie Chan
|
Hong Kong-born Chinese actor, filmmaker, martial artist and stuntman
|
April 9
|
Dennis Quaid
|
Actor
|
April 10
|
Peter MacNicol
|
Actor (
Chicago Hope,
Ally McBeal,
Numb3rs)
|
Deborah Rush
|
Actress
|
April 16
|
Ellen Barkin
|
Actress
|
April 17
|
Roddy Piper
|
Actor (d. 2015)
|
April 18
|
Cynthia Ettinger
|
Actress
|
April 21
|
James Morrison
|
Actor (
24)
|
Janet Zarish
|
Actress
|
April 28
|
John Pankow
|
Actor (
Mad About You,
Episodes)
|
April 29
|
Jerry Seinfeld
|
Actor and comedian (
Seinfeld)
|
April 30
|
Thom Bray
|
Actor (
Riptide)
|
David Bohrman
|
American news executive (died 2023)
|
May 8
|
Pam Arciero
|
American voice artist
|
David Keith
|
American actor
|
Stephen Furst
|
American actor (
Babylon 5,
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command,
St. Elsewhere) (d. 2017)
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|
May 10
|
Mike Hagerty
|
Actor (d. 2022)
|
May 15
|
John Blyth Barrymore
|
Actor
|
May 18
|
Patrick St. Esprit
|
Actor
|
May 21
|
Janice Karman
|
Actress
|
Jean Kasem
|
Actress
|
May 28
|
Townsend Coleman
|
Actor (
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
The Tick)
|
June 2
|
Dennis Haysbert
|
Actor (
24,
The Unit)
|
June 5
|
Nancy Stafford
|
Actress (
Matlock)
|
June 7
|
Bobby Di Cicco
|
Actor
|
June 10
|
Rich Hall
|
Writer
|
June 11
|
Greta Van Susteren
|
Television news anchor
|
June 12
|
Ella Joyce
|
Actress (
Roc)
|
June 14
|
Kim Lankford
|
Actress (
Knots Landing)
|
Will Patton
|
Actor
|
June 15
|
Jim Belushi
|
Actor (
According to Jim)
|
June 17
|
Mark Linn-Baker
|
Actor (
Larry Appleton on
Perfect Strangers)
|
June 22
|
Chris Lemmon
|
Actor (
Duet)
|
Freddie Prinze
|
Actor and comedian (
Chico and the Man) (d. 1977)
|
June 28
|
Alice Krige
|
Actress
|
July 2
|
Wendy Schaal
|
Actress (
It's a Living,
American Dad!)
|
July 5
|
Don Stark
|
Actor (
That '70s Show)
|
Debra McGrath
|
Actress
|
July 7
|
Ron Jones
|
Composer
|
July 9
|
Kevin O'Leary
|
Television personality
|
July 10
|
Lee David Zlotoff
|
Producer
|
July 13
|
Danitra Vance
|
Actress and comedian (
Saturday Night Live) (d. 1994)
|
July 19
|
Mark O'Donnell
|
Writer (d. 2012)
|
Steve O'Donnell
|
Writer
|
July 22
|
Dianne Houston
|
Screenwriter
|
July 28
|
Bruce Abbott
|
Actor
|
Andrew Adelson
|
Producer
|
July 29
|
Jeannetta Arnette
|
Actress (
Head of the Class)
|
July 30
|
Ken Olin
|
Actor, director and producer (
thirtysomething,
Brothers & Sisters)
|
July 31
|
Rainer Bock
|
Actor
|
August 2
|
Lisa Brown
|
Actress (d. 2021)
|
August 12
|
Sam J. Jones
|
Actor
|
August 16
|
James Cameron
|
Canadian filmmaker
|
August 20
|
Al Roker
|
American weather presenter
|
August 23
|
Marc Vann
|
Actor (
Early Edition,
Angel,
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
|
August 30
|
Jim Vallely
|
Writer
|
September 2
|
Vance DeGeneres
|
Actor
|
September 7
|
Corbin Bernsen
|
Actor and director (
L.A. Law,
Psych)
|
Michael Emerson
|
Actor (
Lost,
Person of Interest)
|
September 8
|
Anne Diamond
|
Television presenter (
The Wright Stuff)
|
Joe Cipriano
|
Voice actor
|
September 10
|
Clark Johnson
|
Actor (
Homicide: Life on the Street,
The Wire)
|
September 11
|
Reed Birney
|
Actor
|
September 14
|
Barry Shabaka Henley
|
Actor
|
Michael Patrick King
|
American director, writer, and producer of television and film
|
September 15
|
Barry Shabaka Henley
|
Actor
|
September 16
|
Mark McEwen
|
TV host
|
September 21
|
John Mengatti
|
Actor (
The White Shadow)
|
September 22
|
Shari Belafonte
|
Actress (
Hotel), daughter of
Harry Belafonte
|
September 29
|
Cindy Morgan
|
Actress (
Falcon Crest) (d. 2023)
|
September 30
|
Barry Williams
|
Actor (
The Brady Bunch)
|
Patrice Rushen
|
Singer
|
October 1
|
Richard Schlesinger
|
Journalist
|
October 2
|
Lorraine Bracco
|
Actress
|
October 3
|
Al Sharpton
|
Civil rights activist
|
October 9
|
Scott Bakula
|
Actor (
Quantum Leap,
Star Trek: Enterprise,
NCIS: New Orleans)
|
John O'Hurley
|
Actor
|
October 14
|
Elizabeth Sung
|
Actress (d. 2018)
|
October 15
|
Ingrid Tarrant
|
Wife of
Chris Tarrant
|
Jere Burns
|
Actor
|
October 18
|
Arliss Howard
|
Actor
|
October 24
|
Doug Davidson
|
Actor (
The Young and the Restless)
|
October 26
|
D. W. Moffett
|
Actor (
For Your Love,
Friday Night Lights,
Switched at Birth)
|
James Pickens, Jr.
|
Actor (
The X-Files,
Grey's Anatomy)
|
November 3
|
Kathy Kinney
|
Actress and comedian (
The Drew Carey Show)
|
November 6
|
Catherine Crier
|
American journalist
|
November 7
|
Gil Junger
|
Director
|
November 12
|
Rhonda Shear
|
TV personality, actress
|
November 13
|
Chris Noth
|
Actor (
Law & Order,
Sex and the City,
The Good Wife)
|
November 14
|
Yanni
|
Composer
|
November 15
|
Kevin S. Bright
|
Producer
|
November 19
|
Kathleen Quinlan
|
Actress
|
November 23
|
Bruce Hornsby
|
Composer
|
November 24
|
Emir Kusturica
|
Actor
|
November 27
|
Patricia McPherson
|
Actress (
Knight Rider)
|
Kimmy Robertson
|
Actress (
Twin Peaks)
|
November 28
|
Marty Grabstein
|
Actor (
Courage the Cowardly Dog)
|
December 1
|
Bob Goen
|
Game show host
|
Alan Dedicoat
|
English announcer
|
December 2
|
Dan Butler
|
Actor (
Frasier,
Hey Arnold!)
|
Patty Petersen
|
Actress
|
Stone Phillips
|
American television reporter
|
December 4
|
Tony Todd
|
Actor and producer
|
December 7
|
Priscilla Barnes
|
Actress (
Three's Company)
|
December 10
|
Jeff Fager
|
American producer
|
December 18
|
Ray Liotta
|
Actor (d. 2022)
|
December 20
|
Michael Badalucco
|
Actor (
The Practice)
|
December 26
|
Tony Rosato
|
Actor (
Saturday Night Live,
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3,
Super Mario World) (d. 2017)
|
December 28
|
Gayle King
|
Television personality
|
Denzel Washington
|
Actor (
St. Elsewhere,
Malcolm X,
Training Day)
|
Lanny Poffo
|
Actor (d. 2023)
|