January[]
- 13 January
- Ned Eisenberg is born.
- 15 January
- Mario Van Peebles is born.
March[]
- 23 March
- Amanda Plummer is born.
April[]
- 13 April
- Clark Middleton is born.
- 14 April
- Lothaire Bluteau is born.
May[]
- 15 May
- George Pattison is born.
June[]
- 12 June
- Timothy Busfield is born.
July[]
- 30 July
- Victor Slezak is born.
August[]
- 15 August
- Željko Ivanek is born.
- 18 August
- Denis Leary is born.
September[]
- 4 September
- Khandi Alexander is born.
- Nancy Ticotin is born.
- 25 September
- Bill Walsh is born.
November[]
- 6 November
- Lori Singer is born.
December[]
- 30 December
- Patricia Kalember is born.
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