Birthdays In History 1941

1941 Malcolm Dick New Zealand rugby player

1941 George P. Cosmatos Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2005)

1941 Kalpnath Rai Indian politician (d. 1999)

1941 Bob Cunis New Zealand cricketer (d. 2008)

1941 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Indian cricketer and coach (d. 2011)

1941 Iona Brown English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)

1941 John E. Walker English chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Graham Chapman English actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)

1941 Tom Clarke Scottish politician Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

1941 Gérson Brazilian footballer

1941 Long John Baldry English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005)

1941 Fiona Caldicott English psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 2021)

1941 Chet Jastremski American swimmer and physician (d. 2014)

1941 Pasqual Maragall Spanish academic and politician 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya

1941 Meinhard Nehmer German bobsledder

1941 Nicholas Brooks English historian (d. 2014)

1941 Gibby Gilbert American golfer

1941 Milan Kučan Slovenian politician 1st President of Slovenia

1941 Captain Beefheart American singer-songwriter musician and artist (d. 2010)

1941 Christine Truman English tennis player and sportscaster

1941 István Horthy Jr. Hungarian physicist and architect

1941 Denise Bombardier Canadian journalist and author

1941 Bobby Goldsboro American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1941 David Ruffin American singer (d. 1991)

1941 Colin Gunton English theologian and academic (d. 2003)

1941 Pat Patterson Canadian wrestler trainer and referee (d. 2020)

1941 Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian prince (d. 2013)

1941 Richie Havens American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1941 Mike Medavoy Chinese-born American film producer co-founded Orion Pictures

1941 Ivan Putski Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder

1941 Elaine Showalter American author and critic

1941 Jaan Kaplinski Estonian poet philosopher and critic (d. 2021)

1941 Eugene Hasenfus former United States Marine whose capture led to exposure of the Iran–Contra affair

1941 Jock R. Anderson Australian economist and academic

1941 João Ubaldo Ribeiro Brazilian journalist author and academic (d. 2014)

1941 Aaron Neville American singer

1941 Dan Shechtman Israeli chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Buddy Baker American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2015)

1941 Robin Morgan American actress journalist and author

1941 Gregory Benford American astrophysicist and author

1941 Tineke Lagerberg Dutch swimmer

1941 Dick Gephardt American lawyer and politician

1941 Gerald McDermott American author and illustrator (d. 2012)

1941 Jessica Walter American actress (d. 2021)

1941 Terry Biddlecombe English jockey (d. 2014)

1941 Dory Funk Jr. American wrestler and trainer

1941 Howard Phillips American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

1941 Russell Cooper Australian politician 33rd Premier of Queensland

1941 Ron Rangi New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)

1941 Jiří Raška Czech skier and coach (d. 2012)

1941 Stephen J. Cannell American actor producer and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1941 Henson Cargill American country music singer (d. 2007)

1941 David Selby American actor and playwright

1941 Barrett Strong American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2023)

1941 Nick Nolte American actor and producer

1941 Tom Rush American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1941 Jagjit Singh Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)

1941 Kermit Gosnell American abortionist and serial killer

1941 Sheila Kuehl American actress lawyer gay rights activist and politician

1941 Michael Apted English director and producer (d. 2021)

1941 Sérgio Mendes Brazilian pianist and composer

1941 Sigmar Polke German painter and photographer (d. 2010)

1941 Bo Svenson Swedish-American actor director and producer

1941 Donna Shalala American academic and politician 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

1941 Paul Tsongas American lawyer and politician (d. 1997)

1941 Florinda Bolkan Brazilian actress

1941 Brian Holland American songwriter and producer

1941 Julia McKenzie English actress singer and director

1941 David Gross American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Jenny Tonge Baroness Tonge English politician

1941 Lim Kit Siang Malaysian lawyer and politician

1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

1941 Hipólito Mejía Dominican politician 52nd President of the Dominican Republic

1941 Ron Hunt American baseball player

1941 Joanie Sommers American singer and actress

1941 David Puttnam English film producer and academic

1941 Paddy Ashdown British soldier and politician (d. 2018)

1941 Robert Hass American poet

1941 Dave Marcis American stock car racing driver

1941 John Cornell Australian actor director and producer

1941 David Satcher American admiral and physician 16th Surgeon General of the United States

1941 Mike Pender English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 John Hancock American film and television actor (d. 1992)

1941 Adrian Lyne English director producer and screenwriter

1941 James Zagel American lawyer and judge

1941 Des Wilson New Zealand-English businessman and activist

1941 Piers Paul Read English historian and author

1941 Norman Stone British historian author and academic (d. 2019)

1941 Jim Colbert American golfer

1941 Ernesto Miranda American criminal (d. 1976)

1941 Josip Skoblar former Croatian footballer

1941 Donella Meadows American environmentalist author and academic (d. 2001)

1941 Wolfgang Petersen German-American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2022)

1941 Mike Love American singer-songwriter and musician

1941 Carolyn Hansson Canadian materials engineer

1941 Robert Guéï Ivorian soldier and politician 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)

1941 Chuck Woolery American game show host and television personality

1941 Wang Jin-pyng Taiwanese soldier and politician

1941 Paul Kantner American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

1941 Max Stafford-Clark English director and academic

1941 Pat Corrales American baseball player and manager

1941 Kenji Kimihara Japanese runner

1941 Billy Collins American poet

1941 Jeremy Clyde English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Bruno Ganz Swiss actor (d. 2019)

1941 Cassam Uteem Mauritian politician 2nd President of Mauritius

1941 Gudmund Hernes Norwegian sociologist and politician Norwegian Minister of Education and Research

1941 Richard Dawkins Kenyan-English ethologist biologist and academic

1941 Lella Lombardi Italian racing driver (d. 1992)

1941 Ivan Gašparovič Slovak lawyer and politician 3rd President of Slovakia

1941 Liese Prokop Austrian pentathlete and politician Austrian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006)

1941 Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. American astrophysicist and astronomer Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Graeme Edge English singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2021)

1941 Ron Johnston English geographer and academic (d. 2020)

1941 Wasim Sajjad Pakistani lawyer and politician President of Pakistan

1941 Bob Smith American soldier and politician

1941 Franco Bonvicini Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)

1941 Faith Leech Australian swimmer (d. 2013)

1941 Gideon Gadot Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)

1941 Ajit Wadekar Indian cricketer coach and manager (d. 2018)

1941 Dr. Demento American radio host

1941 Sonny Throckmorton American country singer-songwriter

1941 Jan Berry American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)

1941 Philippé Wynne American soul singer (d. 1984)

1941 Zia Uddin Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician

1941 Michael Moriarty American-Canadian actor

1941 Dave Swarbrick English singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2016)

1941 Christopher Allsopp English economist and academic

1941 Phil Austin American comedian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1941 Hans W. Geißendörfer German director and producer

1941 Angeliki Laiou Greek-American Byzantinist and politician (d. 2008)

1941 Don Prudhomme American race car driver and manager

1941 Gheorghe Zamfir Romanian flute player and composer

1941 James Di Pasquale American composer

1941 Peter Fluck English puppet maker and illustrator

1941 Cornelia Frances English-Australian actress (d. 2018)

1941 Gorden Kaye English actor (d. 2017)

1941 Kay Adams American singer-songwriter

1941 Hannah Gordon Scottish actress

1941 Ellen Goodman American journalist and author

1941 Shirley Stelfox English actress (d. 2015)

1941 Bobby Moore English footballer and manager (d. 1993)

1941 Michael Stuart Brown American geneticist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Jean-Marc Reiser French author and illustrator (d. 1983)

1941 Allan Segal American director and producer (d. 2012)

1941 Michael D. Higgins Irish sociologist and politician 9th President of Ireland

1941 Michel Roux French-English chef and author (d. 2020)

1941 Bobby Russell American singer-songwriter (d. 1992)

1941 David L. Boren American lawyer and politician 21st Governor of Oklahoma

1941 Greville Howard Baron Howard of Rising English politician

1941 Jacqueline Boyer French singer and actress

1941 Arie den Hartog Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018)

1941 Paavo Lipponen Finnish journalist and politician 38th Prime Minister of Finland

1941 Michael Lynne American film producer co-founded New Line Cinema

1941 Ed Stewart English radio and television host (d. 2016)

1941 Ray Tomlinson American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)

1941 Richard Holbrooke American journalist banker and diplomat 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2010)

1941 John Williams Australian-English guitarist and composer

1941 Bertrand Tavernier French actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2021)

1941 Claudine Auger French model and actress (d. 2019)

1941 Fethullah Gülen Turkish preacher and theologian

1941 Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti Indian archaeologist

1941 Lee Roy Jordan American football player

1941 Ann-Margret Swedish-American actress singer and dancer

1941 Lucien Aimar French cyclist

1941 John Madejski English businessman and academic

1941 Karl Barry Sharpless American chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Iryna Zhylenko Ukrainian poet and author (d. 2013)

1941 Jonah Barrington English-Irish squash player

1941 Dorothy Edgington British philosopher

1941 Hanne Darboven German painter (d. 2009)

1941 Stavros Dimas Greek lawyer and politician Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs

1941 Max Merritt New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2020)

1941 Tony Adamowicz American race car driver (d. 2016)

1941 Bruce Cameron Scottish bishop

1941 Clay Carroll American baseball player

1941 Eddy Louiss French jazz musician (d. 2015)

1941 Alexander Harley English general

1941 Edward Malloy American priest and academic

1941 George Will American journalist and author

1941 Alexander Ragulin Russian ice hockey player (d. 2004)

1941 Lawrence Collins Baron Collins of Mapesbury English lawyer and judge

1941 John Fred American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

1941 Bill Lockyer American academic and politician 30th Attorney General of California

1941 James Traficant American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

1941 Eric Burdon English musician

1941 Ian Redpath Australian cricketer and coach

1941 Ruud de Wolff Dutch singer (d. 2000)

1941 Senta Berger Austrian actress

1941 Joe Brown English singer and musician

1941 Jody Conradt American basketball player and coach

1941 Ritchie Valens American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)

1941 Ada den Haan Dutch swimmer

1941 Jaxon American illustrator and publisher co-founded the Rip Off Press (d. 2006)

1941 Denis Hart Australian archbishop

1941 David Cope American composer and author

1941 Ben Nelson American lawyer and politician 37th Governor of Nebraska

1941 Igor Judge Baron Judge Maltese-English lawyer and judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

1941 Goh Chok Tong Singaporean politician 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore

1941 John Strasberg American actor and teacher

1941 Martin Carthy English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1941 Bobby Cox American baseball player and manager

1941 Ambrose Greenway 4th Baron Greenway English photographer and politician

1941 Ronald Isley American singer-songwriter and producer

1941 Menzies Campbell Scottish sprinter and politician

1941 Zalman King American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2012)

1941 Rod Thorn American basketball player coach and executive

1941 Patricia Hollis Baroness Hollis of Heigham English academic and politician

1941 Rudolf Adler Czech filmmaker: 88 

1941 Uta Frith German developmental psychologist

1941 Vladimir Voronin Moldovan economist and politician 3rd President of Moldova

1941 Aldrich Ames American CIA officer and criminal

1941 Jim Dobbin Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)

1941 Cliff Drysdale South African tennis player and sportscaster

1941 Imants Kalniņš Latvian composer

1941 Beth Howland American actress and singer (d. 2015)

1941 Doug Scott English mountaineer and author (d. 2020)

1941 Bob Simon American journalist (d. 2015)

1941 June Clark Welsh nurse and educator

1941 Louis Ignarro American pharmacologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 William Nordhaus American economist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Ünal Aysal Turkish businessman

1941 Stacy Keach American actor

1941 Lou Nanne Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

1941 Kenneth G. Ross Australian playwright and screenwriter

1941 Martha Argerich Argentinian pianist

1941 Erasmo Carlos Brazilian singer-songwriter

1941 Gudrun Sjödén Swedish designer

1941 Robert Bradford Northern Irish politician and activist (d. 1981)

1941 George Pell Australian cardinal (d. 2023)

1941 Jon Lord English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2012)

1941 Mickey Jones American drummer (d. 2018)

1941 Shirley Owens American singer

1941 Jürgen Prochnow German actor

1941 David Walker Australian racing driver

1941 Marv Albert American sportscaster

1941 Chick Corea American pianist and composer (d. 2021)

1941 Roy Harper English singer-songwriter guitarist and actor

1941 Reg Presley English singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1941 Lucille Roybal-Allard American politician

1941 Marcel Lachemann American baseball player coach and manager

1941 Serge Lemoyne Canadian painter (d. 1998)

1941 Marv Tarplin American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2011)

1941 Neal Adams American illustrator (d. 2022)

1941 Lamont Dozier American songwriter and producer (d. 2022)

1941 Tommy Horton English golfer (d. 2017)

1941 Mumtaz Hamid Rao Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)

1941 Nicholas C. Handy English chemist and academic (d. 2012)

1941 Roger Lemerre French footballer and manager

1941 Paul Mayersberg English director and screenwriter

1941 Delia Smith English chef and author

1941 Václav Klaus Czech economist and politician 2nd President of the Czech Republic

1941 Stephen Frears English actor director and producer

1941 Ulf Merbold German physicist and astronaut

1941 Aloysius Paul D'Souza Indian bishop

1941 Joe Flaherty American-Canadian actor producer and screenwriter

1941 Lyman Ward Canadian actor

1941 Ed Bradley American journalist (d. 2006)

1941 Terttu Savola Finnish journalist and politician

1941 Robert Hunter American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)

1941 Roger McDonald Australian author and screenwriter

1941 Keith Newton English footballer (d. 1998)

1941 Erkin Koray Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Julia Kristeva Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author

1941 Graham McKenzie Australian cricketer

1941 Denys Arcand Canadian director producer and screenwriter

1941 John Albert Raven Scottish academic and ecologist

1941 Yves Beauchemin Canadian author and academic

1941 Bill Baxley American lawyer and politician 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama

1941 James P. Hogan English-Irish author (d. 2010)

1941 Krzysztof Kieślowski Polish director and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1941 Al Downing American baseball player and sportscaster

1941 Joseph Goguen American computer scientist and academic developed the OBJ language (d. 2006)

1941 David Johnston Canadian academic lawyer and politician 28th Governor General of Canada

1941 John Boccabella American baseball player

1941 Stokely Carmichael Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)

1941 Peter Pollock South African cricketer and author

1941 Rod Gilbert Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2021)

1941 Alfred G. Gilman American pharmacologist and biochemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

1941 Nicolae Saramandu Romanian linguist and philologist

1941 Myron Scholes Canadian-American economist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Twyla Tharp American dancer and choreographer

1941 William Guest American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)

1941 Wendell Mottley Trinidadian sprinter economist and politician

1941 Gloria Allred American lawyer and activist

1941 Liamine Zéroual Algerian politician 4th President of Algeria

1941 Sam Farr American politician

1941 Tomaž Šalamun Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014)

1941 Pavel Sedláček Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Brian Willson American soldier lawyer and activist

1941 Epeli Nailatikau Fijian chief President of Fiji

1941 David Crystal British linguist author and academic

1941 Reinhard Roder German footballer and manager

1941 Marco Bollesan Italian rugby player and coach (d. 2021)

1941 John Fru Ndi Cameroonian politician

1941 Michael Howard Welsh lawyer and politician

1941 Bill Oddie English comedian actor and singer

1941 Jim Rodford English bass player (d. 2018)

1941 Dario Gradi Italian-English footballer coach and manager

1941 Mac MacLeod English musician (d. 2020)

1941 Jake Eberts Canadian film producer (d. 2012)

1941 David G. Hartwell American anthologist author and critic (d. 2016)

1941 Robert Pine American actor and director

1941 Ian Whitcomb English singer-songwriter producer and actor (d. 2020)

1941 Bill Boggs American journalist and producer

1941 Henry Lowther English trumpet player

1941 Grahame Corling Australian cricketer

1941 Robert Forster American actor and producer (d. 2019)

1941 Ehud Manor Israeli songwriter and translator (d. 2005)

1941 Jacques Perrin French actor director and producer (d. 2022)

1941 Maulana Karenga American philosopher author and activist created Kwanzaa

1941 Andreas Khol German-Austrian lawyer and politician

1941 Daryle Lamonica American football player (d. 2022)

1941 Bob Taylor English cricketer

1941 Achim Warmbold German race car driver and manager

1941 Frank Farian German songwriter and producer

1941 Lonnie Mack American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

1941 Martha Reeves American singer and politician

1941 Vikki Carr American singer and actress

1941 Neelie Kroes Dutch politician and diplomat European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society

1941 Don Chuy American football player (d. 2014)

1941 Periklis Korovesis Greek author and journalist (d. 2020)

1941 Kurt Raab German actor screenwriter and production designer (d. 1988)

1941 Estelle Bennett American singer (d. 2009)

1941 Vaughn Bodē American illustrator (d. 1975)

1941 George Clinton American singer-songwriter and producer

1941 David M. Kennedy American historian and author

1941 Christopher Andrew English historian and academic

1941 Richie Evans American race car driver (d. 1985)

1941 Sergio Mattarella Italian lawyer judge and politician 12th President of Italy

1941 John Bond English banker and businessman

1941 Manny Charlton Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (d. 2022)

1941 Jean Baubérot French historian and sociologist

1941 Darlene Love American singer and actress

1941 Brenton Wood American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1941 Christian Boesch Austrian opera singer

1941 Johannes Fritsch German viola player and composer (d. 2010)

1941 Bill Crider American author (d. 2018)

1941 Riccardo Muti Italian conductor and educator

1941 Susan Roces Filipino actress and producer (d. 2022)

1941 Jennifer Dunn American engineer and politician (d. 2007)

1941 Goenawan Mohamad Indonesian poet and playwright

1941 David Warner English actor (d. 2022)

1941 Amarsinh Chaudhary Indian politician 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2004)

1941 Ron Brown American captain and politician 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)

1941 Étienne Roda-Gil French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1941 Doris Coley American singer (d. 2000)

1941 Jules A. Hoffmann Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 François Weyergans Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2022)

1941 Beverly Lee American singer

1941 Martin Jarvis English actor

1941 Andy Smillie English footballer

1941 Ted Strickland American psychologist and politician 68th Governor of Ohio

1941 Bob Clark American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1941 Leonid Kizim Ukrainian general pilot and astronaut (d. 2010)

1941 Airto Moreira Brazilian-American drummer and composer

1941 Ray Culp American baseball player

1941 Matthew Evans Baron Evans of Temple Guiting English publisher and politician (d. 2016)

1941 Anita Lonsbrough English swimmer and journalist

1941 Susan Dorothea White Australian painter and sculptor

1941 John Ellison American-Canadian musician and songwriter

1941 L. M. Kit Carson American actor producer and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1941 Réjean Ducharme Canadian author and playwright (d. 2017)

1941 Dana Ivey American actress

1941 David Crosby American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)

1941 Connie Smith American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Jim Brothers American sculptor (d. 2013)

1941 Don Rich American country musician (d. 1974)

1941 Lothar Bisky German businessman and politician (d. 2013)

1941 Jean Pierre Lefebvre Canadian director and screenwriter

1941 John Cootes Australian rugby league player priest and businessman

1941 Mihalis Papagiannakis Greek educator and politician (d. 2009)

1941 Dave Brock English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Rich Brooks American football player and coach

1941 Anne Evans English soprano and actress

1941 William H. Gray American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

1941 Robin Oakley English journalist and author

1941 Jo Ramírez Mexican race car driver and manager

1941 Jackie DeShannon American singer-songwriter

1941 Onora O'Neill Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve British philosopher academic and politician

1941 Alan M. Roberts English academic Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol

1941 Marshall Brickman Brazilian-American director producer and screenwriter

1941 Mario Corso Italian footballer and coach (d. 2020)

1941 Ludwig Müller German footballer (d. 2021)

1941 Chris Curtis English drummer and singer (d. 2005)

1941 Jane Merrow English actress producer and screenwriter

1941 Barbet Schroeder French-Swiss director and producer

1941 Cesária Évora Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)

1941 János Konrád Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (d. 2014)

1941 Harrison Page American actor

1941 Michael Craig-Martin Irish painter and illustrator

1941 Toomas Leius Estonian tennis player and coach

1941 John Stanley Marshall English drummer

1941 Paul Plishka American opera singer

1941 Robin Leach English journalist and television host (d. 2018)

1941 Ignazio Giunti Italian race car driver (d. 1971)

1941 Ben Jones American actor and politician

1941 Sue MacGregor English journalist and radio host

1941 John McNally English singer and guitarist

1941 William DeWitt Jr. American businessman

1941 Emmanuel Nunes Portuguese-French composer and educator (d. 2012)

1941 Jyrki Otila Finnish economist and politician (d. 2003)

1941 Sadhana Shivdasani Indian actress (d. 2015)

1941 John Thompson American basketball player coach and sportscaster (d. 2020)

1941 Sergei Dovlatov Russian-American journalist and author (d. 1990)

1941 Marilena de Souza Chaui Brazilian philosopher and academic

1941 Ken Harrelson American baseball player and sportscaster

1941 Ramesh Sethi Kenyan cricketer and coach

1941 Sushilkumar Shinde Indian lawyer and politician 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh

1941 Dave Dryden Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)

1941 Roger Law English illustrator

1941 Monica Mason South African ballerina and director

1941 Syed Abid Ali Indian cricketer

1941 Dennis Ritchie American computer scientist created the C programming language (d. 2011)

1941 Christopher Hogwood English harpsichord player and conductor founded the Academy of Ancient Music (d. 2014)

1941 Gunpei Yokoi Japanese video game designer invented Game Boy (d. 1997)

1941 Minnijean Brown-Trickey Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member

1941 Tadao Ando Japanese architect and academic designed Piccadilly Gardens

1941 David Clayton-Thomas English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Ahmet Necdet Sezer Turkish judge and politician 10th President of the Republic of Turkey

1941 Bruce Hyde American actor and academic (d. 2015)

1941 Ian Kennedy English lawyer and academic

1941 Joan Trumpauer Mulholland American civil rights activist

1941 Alberto Naranjo Venezuelan drummer composer and bandleader (d. 2020)

1941 Alex St. Clair American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006)

1941 Flórián Albert Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)

1941 Signe Toly Anderson American rock singer (d. 2016)

1941 Mirosław Hermaszewski Polish general pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2022)

1941 Yuriy Norshteyn Russian animator director and screenwriter

1941 Viktor Zubkov Russian businessman and politician 37th Prime Minister of Russia

1941 Joe Butler American singer autoharp player and drummer

1941 Richard Perle American political scientist and politician

1941 Bob Matsui American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)

1941 Umberto Bossi Italian politician

1941 Cass Elliot American singer (d. 1974)

1941 Jim Fox English pentathlete

1941 Mariangela Melato Italian actress (d. 2013)

1941 Dale Chihuly American sculptor and educator

1941 Sammy McMillan Irish footballer

1941 Jack Brisco American wrestler and manager (d. 2010)

1941 R. James Woolsey Jr. American scholar and diplomat 16th Director of Central Intelligence

1941 Jeremiah Wright American pastor and theologian

1941 George Jackson American activist and author co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (d. 1971)

1941 Simon Nolet Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1941 Norma Winstone English singer-songwriter

1941 John Mackey American football player (d. 2011)

1941 Vivien Stern Baroness Stern English academic and politician

1941 Salvatore Accardo Italian violinist and conductor

1941 Martine Beswick Jamaican-English model and actress

1941 David Frizzell American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Peter Bonetti English footballer and coach (d. 2020)

1941 Serge Ménard Canadian lawyer and politician

1941 Don Nix American saxophonist songwriter and producer

1941 David Lewis American philosopher and academic (d. 2001)

1941 Edmund Stoiber German lawyer and politician Minister President of Bavaria

1941 Oscar H. Ibarra Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist

1941 Robert Lieber American writer and academic

1941 Samuel F. Pickering Jr. American author and educator

1941 Kamalesh Sharma Indian academic and diplomat 5th Commonwealth Secretary General

1941 Reine Wisell Swedish race car driver (d. 2022)

1941 Diana Hendry English poet and author

1941 Ron Meagher American rock bass player

1941 Andrea de Adamich Italian race car driver and sportscaster

1941 John Elliott Australian businessman (d. 2021)

1941 Roy Blount Jr. American humorist and journalist

1941 Karen Cushman American author

1941 Karl Oppitzhauser Austrian race car driver

1941 Frank Stagg Irish Hunger Striker (d. 1976)

1941 Robert Wilson American director and playwright

1941 Stephanie Cole English actress

1941 Eduardo Duhalde Argentinian lawyer and politician 50th President of Argentina

1941 Paul Popham American soldier and activist co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 1987)

1941 Jesse Jackson American minister and activist

1941 Shane Stevens American author (d. 2007)

1941 George Bellamy English singer guitarist and producer

1941 Brian Lamb American broadcaster founded C-SPAN

1941 Trent Lott American lawyer and politician

1941 Omali Yeshitela political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement

1941 Peter Coyote American actor director and screenwriter

1941 Ken Saro-Wiwa Nigerian author and activist (d. 1995)

1941 Lester Bowie American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)

1941 Michael Mansfield English lawyer academic and republican

1941 Neil Aspinall Welsh-English record producer and manager (d. 2008)

1941 John Snow English cricketer

1941 Jerry Glanville American football player and coach

1941 Eddie Keher Irish sportsman

1941 Laurie Lawrence Australian rugby player and coach

1941 Art Shamsky American baseball player and manager

1941 Roger Taylor English tennis player

1941 Roy Masters Australian rugby league coach journalist and author

1941 Tim McCarver American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)

1941 Emma Nicholson Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne English computer programmer and politician

1941 Earl Thomas Conley American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)

1941 Jim Seals American singer-songwriter guitarist and violinist

1941 Paul Ellison American musician

1941 Timothy Bell Baron Bell English businessman (d. 2019)

1941 Martha Burk American psychologist and author

1941 Peter Thornley English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki

1941 Simon Ward English actor (d. 2012)

1941 Anneke Wills English actress

1941 Steve Cropper American guitarist songwriter producer and actor

1941 Ahmet Mete Işıkara Turkish geophysicist and earthquake scientist (d. 2013)

1941 Charles Keating English-American actor (d. 2014)

1941 René Metge French rally driver

1941 Colin Milburn English cricketer (d. 1990)

1941 Igor Smirnov Moldovan engineer and politician 1st President of Transnistria

1941 William H. Dobelle American medical researcher (d. 2004)

1941 Peter Takeo Okada Japanese archbishop

1941 Merle Woo Asian American activist

1941 Steven Kellogg American author and illustrator

1941 Charlie Landsborough English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Dave Costa American football player (d. 2013)

1941 Warren Ryan Australian rugby league player coach and sportscaster

1941 Dick Trickle American race car driver (d. 2013)

1941 Hank Marvin English singer and guitarist

1941 George Davies English fashion designer

1941 Paul Tyler Baron Tyler English politician

1941 Marcel Berlins French-English lawyer journalist and academic (d. 2019)

1941 Aleksandr Dulichenko Russian-Estonian linguist and academic

1941 Theodor W. Hänsch German physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1941 Otis Williams American singer-songwriter and producer

1941 Bob Wilson English footballer and sportscaster

1941 Dan Alderson American scientist and academic (d. 1989)

1941 Derek Bell English race car driver

1941 Sally Kirkland American actress

1941 Werner Krieglstein Czech-American philosopher and academic

1941 Alfio Basile Argentinian footballer and manager

1941 Robert Foxworth American actor and director

1941 John Pullin English rugby player

1941 Arun Shourie Indian journalist economist and politician Indian Minister of Communications

1941 Bruce Welch English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1941 Kafi Benz American conservationist environmentalist historic preservationist author artist community leader

1941 Lyndall Gordon South African-English author and academic

1941 Art Garfunkel American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 Yoshiyuki Tomino Japanese animator director and screenwriter

1941 Guy Clark American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (d. 2016)

1941 Doug Sahm American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)

1941 Madeline Gins American poet and architect (d. 2014)

1941 Angelo Scola Italian cardinal and philosopher

1941 Nerys Hughes Welsh actress

1941 David Constant English cricketer and umpire

1941 John Singleton Australian businessman

1941 Eberhard Diepgen German lawyer and politician 10th Mayor of Berlin

1941 David Green American businessman and philanthropist founded Hobby Lobby

1941 Dack Rambo American actor (d. 1994)

1941 William Taubman American political scientist and author

1941 Rick Kemp English singer-songwriter bass player and producer

1941 Daniel Pinkwater American author and illustrator

1941 Angelo Gilardino Italian guitarist composer and musicologist

1941 Gerry Marshall English race car driver (d. 2005)

1941 Dan Penn American singer-songwriter and producer

1941 Denny Doherty Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2007)

1941 Dan Haggerty American actor and producer (d. 2016)

1941 Tommy Thompson American captain and politician 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

1941 Oliver Sipple U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran (d. 1989)

1941 Juliet Mills English-American actress

1941 David Porter American songwriter musician and producer

1941 Tom Conti Scottish actor and director

1941 Jacques Laperrière Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1941 Ron McClure American jazz bassist

1941 Volker Roemheld German physiologist and biologist (d. 2013)

1941 Terry Stafford American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)

1941 Jesse Colin Young American singer-songwriter and bass player

1941 Alan Mullery English footballer and manager

1941 Franco Nero Italian actor and producer

1941 Donald "Duck" Dunn American bass player songwriter and producer (d. 2012)

1941 Wayne Jackson American trumpeter (d. 2016)

1941 Christos Papanikolaou Greek pole vaulter

1941 Gerald Seymour English journalist and author

1941 Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Pakistani spiritual leader and author

1941 Susanne Marsee American mezzo-soprano

1941 Aimé Jacquet French footballer coach and manager

1941 Eddie Rabbitt American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)

1941 Louis van Dijk Dutch pianist (d. 2020)

1941 Laura Antonelli Italian actress (d. 2015)

1941 Bill Freehan American baseball player coach and sportscaster (d. 2021)

1941 Phil Willis Baron Willis of Knaresborough English politician

1941 Mike England Welsh footballer and manager

1941 Tom McGuinness English guitarist songwriter author and producer

1941 Marty Riessen American tennis player and coach

1941 Helen Cornelius American country singer-songwriter and actress

1941 Richard Speck American murderer (d. 1991)

1941 Bruce Nauman American sculptor and illustrator

1941 Bill Thomas American academic and politician

1941 Melba Pattillo Beals American journalist and activist

1941 Ed Brinkman American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)

1941 Bob Brown American football player

1941 Duke Cunningham American commander and politician

1941 Bobby Elliott English drummer

1941 Geoff Hurst English footballer and manager

1941 Mehmet Ali Birand Turkish journalist and author (d. 2013)

1941 Beau Bridges American actor director and producer

1941 Dan Hicks American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

1941 Ken Campbell English actor director and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1941 Fionnula Flanagan Irish actress and producer

1941 Tommy Rettig American child actor (d. 1996)

1941 Kyu Sakamoto Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)

1941 Max Baucus American lawyer politician and diplomat 11th United States Ambassador to China

1941 J. P. Parisé Canadian ice hockey player coach and manager (d. 2015)

1941 Rogier van Otterloo Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1988)

1941 J. Frank Wilson American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)

1941 Karan Armstrong American soprano and actress (d. 2021)

1941 Ellen Willis American journalist critic and academic (d. 2006)

1941 Lesley Stahl American journalist and actress

1941 Roger Neil Wheeler English general

1941 Dave Dee English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)

1941 Stan Mudenge Zimbabwean historian and politician Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)

1941 Sam Andrew American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

1941 Wadada Leo Smith American trumpet player and composer

1941 Joan Wallach Scott American historian author and academic

1941 Lee Myung-bak South Korean businessman and politician 10th President of South Korea

1941 Maurice White American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)

1941 Peter Davis English businessman

1941 Tim Hardin American folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1980)

1941 Mike Hazlewood English singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

1941 Kenneth Calman Scottish physician and academic

1941 Daniel Schmid Swiss actor director and screenwriter (d. 2006)

1941 Miles Aiken American basketball player and coach

1941 Mike Pinder English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1941 Nolan Richardson American basketball player and coach

1941 Intikhab Alam Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach

1941 Ray Thomas English singer-songwriter and flute player (d. 2018)

1941 Mel Renfro American football player and coach

1941 Sarah Miles English actress

1941 Beatrice Tinsley New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)

1941 Joel Crothers American actor (d. 1985)

1941 Jerry Spinelli American author

1941 Stephen Albert American pianist and composer (d. 1992)

1941 Dave Berry English pop singer

1941 Gigi Perreau American actress and director

1941 Dominguinhos Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2013)

1941 Naomi Uemura Japanese mountaineer and explorer (d. 1984)

1941 Peter Brötzmann German saxophonist and clarinet player

1941 Marilyn Strathern Welsh anthropologist and academic

1941 Michael Masser American songwriter composer and producer (d. 2015)

1941 Chrysostomos II of Cyprus (d. 2022)

1941 Harold Long Canadian politician (d. 2013)

1941 Paul Theroux American novelist short story writer and travel writer

1941 Benny Parsons American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007)

1941 Desmond Dekker Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

1941 Dag Solstad Norwegian author and playwright

1941 Hans Wiegel Dutch journalist and politician Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1941 Sir George Young 6th Baronet English banker and politician Secretary of State for Transport

1941 Gary Bettenhausen American race car driver (d. 2014)

1941 Dean Chance American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)

1941 Toyo Ito Japanese architect designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira

1941 Alexander V. Zakharov Russian physicist and astronomer

1941 Gino Brito Canadian wrestler and promoter

1941 Malcolm Longair Scottish astronomer physicist and academic

1941 Miriam Margolyes English-Australian actress and singer

1941 Dorothy Hyman English sprinter

1941 Danny Rapp American musician (d. 1983)

1941 Ryan O'Neal American actor

1941 Howard Berman American lawyer and politician

1941 John Mitchell American

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