List of Famous people who born in 1952

Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain is an English musician and drummer of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1982. Having played in small pub bands from the age of 14, after graduating school McBrain paid his bills with session work before he joined a variety of artists, such as Streetwalkers, Pat Travers, and the French political band, Trust. He joined Iron Maiden in time to debut on their fourth album, Piece of Mind (1983), and has remained with them since, contributing to a total of thirteen studio releases.

Nie Weiping is a professional Go player.

Paolo Vasile is an Italian businessman and film and television producer, CEO of Mediaset España.

Huang Qifan is a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the Mayor of Chongqing, one of China's four directly-controlled municipalities, between 2010 and 2016. Huang began his political career in Shanghai and was transferred to Chongqing in 2001 as its Deputy Mayor, before being promoted to Mayor in 2010.

Aleksandr Alekseevich Trofimov is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of Russia (1992), People's Artist of Russia (2013), leading actor of the Moscow's Taganka Theatre.

Gonzalo Eduardo Robles García, is a Chilean film, theater and television actor and comedian.

Jean Rouaud is a French author, who was born in Campbon, Loire-Atlantique. In 1990 his novel Fields of Glory won the Prix Goncourt. First believed to be the first book in a trilogy, Fields of Glory turned out to be the first book in a series of five books on the family history of the author.

Milton Hatoum is a Brazilian writer, translator and professor. Hatoum is one of Brazil's most eminent contemporary writers. Among other honors, Hatoum was awarded Brazil's most prestigious literary award, the Jabuti Prize, three times for best novel. In 2017, he received the title of Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government.

Irene Dische is an American-German author, journalist, screenwriter, and librettist whose work explores the German-Jewish experience, alienation, and exile.

Lidia Djunita Pamontjak or better known as Jajang C. Noer is a France-born Indonesian actress and film producer of Minangkabau descent. She is also the only daughter of Indonesian national independence movement figure, Nazir Datuk Pamoentjak.