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Alfre Woodard
American actress
Lars Peter Hansen
American economist
Raymond Domenech
French football manager (born 1952)
Roseanne Barr
American actress and comedian (born 1952)
Amy Tan
American novelist
Jenny Shipley
New Zealand politician
Vikram Seth
Indian novelist and poet
David Byrne
Scottish-American musician (born 1952)
Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan, also known as Máire Brennan, was an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist and philanthropist. She began performing professionally in 1970 when her family formed the band Clannad. Brennan released her first solo album in 1992 called Máire, a successful venture. In 1999, she collaborated with Chicane on the single "Saltwater", which reached the top ten in multiple countries and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Michael Cunningham
American novelist and screenwriter
Guillermo Vilas
Argentine tennis player
Susan Collins
United States Senator from Maine since 1997
Vladislav Tretiak
Soviet ice hockey player
Joe Strummer
British singer, musician and songwriter (1952–2002)
Anote Tong
I-Kiribati politician
Kim Stanley Robinson
American science fiction writer (born 1952)
Jim Cummings
American voice actor
Fatos Nano
Albanian politician (1952–2025)
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Soviet-Ukrainian artistic gymnast (born 1952)
Teófilo Stevenson
Cuban boxer (1952–2012)
Sammo Hung
Hong Kong actor, choreographer, martial artist, film director and producer
Pietro Mennea
Italian sprinter and politician (1952–2013)
Petar Stoyanov
Bulgarian politician and jurist (born 1952)
Terry O'Quinn
American actor
Graham Greene (actor)
Graham Greene was a Canadian First Nations (Oneida) actor and recording artist, active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over 50 years. He achieved international fame for his role as Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His other notable films include Thunderheart (1992), Maverick (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Skins (2002), Transamerica (2005), Casino Jack (2010), Winter's Tale (2014), The Shack (2017), and Wind River (2017).
Željko Ražnatović
' (, ; 17 April 1952 – 15 January 2000), better known as ' (), was a Serbian warlord, mobster and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars, considered one of the most feared and effective paramilitary forces during the wars. His paramilitary unit was responsible for numerous crimes in Eastern Bosnia, including murder, pillaging, rape and ethnic cleansings. was one of the most feared, celebrated and iconic figures in Serbia during his time.
Sergei Stepashin
Russian politician
Chiaki Mukai
Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut (born 1952)
Chazz Palminteri
American actor
Carol Kane
American actress (born 1952)
Kikki Danielsson
Swedish singer, accordinist and song lyricist
John Kasich
American politician and former television host (born 1952)
Nicko McBrain
British drummer
Fuad II of Egypt
last king of Egypt , who ruled as an infant (1952–1953)
Adi Shamir
Israeli cryptographer (born 1952)
Christiane Taubira
French politician
Billy West
American voice actor
Ahmad Uyahya
Prime minister of Algeria from 2017 to 2019
Randy Savage
American professional wrestler (1952–2011)
Edward Zwick
American filmmaker and producer
Marek Belka
Polish economist and politician
Bill Walton
American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024)
Ryū Murakami
Japanese writer and filmmaker
Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley is an American musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and a founding member of the hard rock band Kiss, which was active from 1973 to 2023. He was the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs. Stanley established the Starchild character as his Kiss persona.
Bernard Lacombe
French football manager (1952–2025)
Chen Kaige
Chinese film director and screenwriter
Ahmed Nazif
Egyptian Prime Minister
Jonathan Frakes
American actor and director
Jenny Agutter
British film and television actress (born 1952)
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
President of Chechnya (1952-2004)
Michael Dorn
American actor
Arun Jaitley
Indian politician and attorney (1952–2019)
Walter Isaacson
American author, journalist and professor (born 1952)
Jigme Thinley
Prime Minister of Bhutan
George Strait
American country music singer (born 1952)
Robin Hobb
American fiction writer (pseudonym)
Merrick Garland
86th United States Attorney General
Harvey Fierstein
American actor and playwright
Grigory Yavlinsky
Russian politician and economist
Vitaly Churkin
Soviet and Russian diplomat (1952-2017)