April 5, 1958

1958Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)^[†]

Kevin George Dann was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played his entire club football career with the Penrith Panthers, as a fullback.

1958Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach^[†]

Henrik Dettmann is a Finnish professional basketball coach who last served as head coach of the French LNB Pro A team SIG Strasbourg and the Finnish national basketball team. He was the head coach of German national basketball team from 1997 to 2003, winning the bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. In 2004, Dettman won FIBA EuroCup Challenge with Mitteldeutscher. He coached Finland national team on two occasions, for 23 years in total.

1958Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Japanese footballer^[†]

Ryoichi Kawakatsu is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

1958Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player^[†]

Johan Christiaan Kriek is a South African–American former professional tennis player. As a tennis player, he won two Australian Open titles and reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open, as well as the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships. Kriek won 14 professional singles and eight doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1984.

1958Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist^[†]

Daniel Schneidermann is a French journalist who focuses on the analysis of televised media. He is mainly active in weekly columns—in the past in Le Monde and presently in Libération and on a video channel: Arrêt sur images (Freeze-frame), formerly broadcast by the public TV channel France 5, but currently financed by subscription. The television show was canceled in 2007 by France 5 direction, an incident that led to the creation of the Arret Sur Images web site.

1958Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (died 2009)^[†]

Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge was a high-profile Sri Lankan journalist, politician, broadcaster, and human rights activist who was assassinated in January 2009.

1958Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (born 1884)^[†]

Prince Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria was a prince of the House of Wittelsbach and Infante of Spain, the eldest son and child of Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria and his wife, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain. Ferdinand became an Infante of Spain on 20 October 1905 and renounced his rights to the throne of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1914.

1958Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (born 1876)^[†]

Ásgrímur Jónsson was an Icelandic painter, and one of the first in the country to make art a professional living.