January 10th—Jin Zhiyang, a famous football player and coach.
January 26 - Xu Genbao, famous football player and coach.
February—Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
March—Sun Jiazheng, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Timothy Dahl, British actor, fourth 007.
March 26 – Diana Ross, African American female singer.
April 7 - Gerhard Schroeder, German politician.
May 20—Qi Wusheng, a famous football player and coach.
May 28 - Rudy Giuliani, American politician and former mayor of New York City.
June 2 - Gui Yalei, Chinese actress; Hiraizumi Cheng, Japanese actor.
July—Gao Qiang, male, Han nationality, from Yanshan, Hebei Province, former Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Health. He currently serves as deputy chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the 11th National People's Congress and director of the Budget Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Member of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
August - Joanna Cole, American children's science writer
September 25 - Michael Douglas, American actor.
October - Hui Liangyu, Vice Premier of the State Council of China, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Qian Yunlu, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
November—Xu Guangchun, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress.
December—Wang Lequan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China, and member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.