On this Day August 31
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1908 – Actor Fred MacMurray (“Double Indemnity,” “My Three Sons”) (d. 1991)
1918 – Baseball legend Ted Williams (d. 2002)
1924 – Fashion designer Geoffrey Beene (d. 2004)
1927 – Actor Bill Daily (“I Dream of Jeannie,” “The Bob Newhart Show”) (d. 2018)
1930 – Investment guru and philanthropist Warren Buffett, a.k.a. “The Oracle of Omaha”
1946 – Actress Peggy Lipton (“The Mod Squad,” “Twin Peaks,” “The Postman”) (d. 2019)
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1923 – Director-actor Richard Attenborough (“Gandhi,” “Cry Freedom,” “Chaplin”) (d. 2014)
1924 – Jazz vocalist and “Queen of the Blues” Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (d. 1963)
1935 – Director-producer William Friedkin (“The French Connection,” “The Exorcist”)
1941 – “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” host Robin Leach (d. 2018)
1958 – Entertainment icon Michael Jackson (a.k.a. King of Pop) (d. 2009)
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1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), 36th U.S. president (d. 1973)
1942 – Daryl Dragon, the keyboard-playing half of the Captain & Tennille (d. 2019)
1952 – Actor Paul Reubens, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman (d. 2023)
1963 – Actress, former MTV VJ and current Sirius/XM “90s on 9” host ‘Downtown’ Julie Brown
1976 – Actress Sarah Chalke (“Roseanne,” “Scrubs, “How I Met Your Mother”)
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1935 – First female U.S. vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro (d. 2011)
1945 – Singer-songwriter Valerie Simpson of the Ashford & Simpson husband-wife songwriting team
1960 – Grammy-winning saxophonist-bandleader Branford Marsalis
1980 – Actor Macaulay Culkin, best known for the “Home Alone” movie franchise
1989 – NBA All-Star and Houston Rockets guard James Harden, a.k.a. “The Beard”
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1960 – Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr., a.k.a. “Iron Man”
1962 – Talk show host-turned-actor Craig Kilborn (“Old School,” “The Benchwarmers,” “Cursed”)
1973 – Stand-up comedian-screenwriter-actor Dave Chappelle (“Chappelle’s Show”)
1988 – Actor Rupert Grint, best known for playing Ron Weasley in the “Harry Potter” movie series
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1912 – Actor-dancer-singer Gene Kelly (d. 1996)
1929 – Actress Vera Miles, best known for her role as Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”
1931 – Actress Barbara Eden, who starred in TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” from 1965-1970
1946 – The Who drummer Keith Moon (d. 1978)
1949 – Actress Shelley Long (“Cheers,” “The Money Pit,” “The Brady Bunch Movie”)
1970 – Actor River Phoenix (“Explorers,” “Stand By Me,” “Running On Empty”) (d. 1993)
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