Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 31:
Actor Jack Thompson is 84.
Singer Van Morrison is 79.
Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 79.
Guitarist Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions is 76.
Actor Richard Gere is 75.
Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson ("Fences," ''Manchester By The Sea") is 75.
Olympic gold medal track and field athlete Edwin Moses is 69.
Singer Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze is 67.
Drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go's is 67.
Singer Tony DeFranco of The DeFranco Family is 65.
Keyboardist Larry Waddell of Mint Condition is 61.
Actor Jaime P. Gomez is 59.
Drummer Gene Hoglan is 57.
Singer Deborah Gibson is 54.
Bassist Greg Richling of The Wallflowers is 54.
Actor Zack Ward ("A Christmas Story," ''Titus") is 54.
Golfer Padraig Harrington is 53.
Actor Chris Tucker ("Rush Hour") is 53.
Actress Sara Ramirez ("Grey's Anatomy") is 49.
Actress Yara Martinez (“Jane the Virgin,” “True Detective”) is 45.
Actor Ryan Kelley (“Teen Wolf”) is 38.
Actress Jaylen Barron (“Shameless”) is 27.
Actress Reiya Downs (“ Degrassi: The Next Generation,” “Degrassi: Next Class”) is 25.
Actor Jason Maybaum (“Superstore,” “Workaholics”) is 17.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1870, Italian educator Maria Montesorri. (May 6, 1952)
In 1912, Japanese monster movie actor Katsumi Tezuka ("Godzilla"). (date of death unknown)
In 1916, journalist Daniel Schorr. (July 23, 2010)
In 1918, Oscar and Tony-winning lyricist and composer Alan Jay Lerner. (June 14, 1986)
In 1920, character actor Gervase Duan "G.D." Spradlin. (July 24, 2011)
In 1922, Canadian country singer Orval Prophet. (Jan. 4, 1984)
In 1924, actor-comedian Buddy Hackett. (June 30, 2003)
In 1928, actor James Coburn. (Nov. 18, 2002)
In 1931, actor Noble Willingham. (Jan. 17, 2004)
In 1931, Hockey Hall-of-Famer Jean Beliveau. (Dec. 2, 2014)
In 1933, Laurie Bower, director of the Laurie Bower Singers. (Jan. 19, 2016)
In 1935, baseball Hall-of-Famer Frank Robinson. (Feb. 7, 2019)
In 1937, actor Warren Berlinger ("Operation Petticoat," ''The Joey Bishop Show"). (Dec. 2, 2020)
In 1939, drummer Jerry Allison of Buddy Holly and the Crickets. (Aug. 22, 2022)
In 1940, saxophonist Wilton Felder, co-founder of The Crusaders. (Sept. 27, 2015)
In 1946, guitarist Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac). (June 7, 2012)
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