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Happy Birthday To:
* 1602 – Amalia von Solms, countess of Solms-Braunfels (d. 1675)
* 1652 – Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (d. 1708)
* 1663 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)
* 1721 – George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
* 1741 – Jean Paul Egide Martini, French composer (d. 1816)
* 1767 – Henry Joy McCracken, United Irishman (d. 1798)
* 1821 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German scientist (d. 1894)
* 1822 – Galusha A. Grow, American politician (d. 1907)
* 1834 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (d. 1886)
* 1842 – Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American publisher and journalist (d. 1924)
* 1843 – Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919)
* 1870 – Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952)
* 1871 – James E. Ferguson, Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
* 1878 – Frank Jarvis, American athlete (d. 1933)
* 1879 – Alma Mahler, wife of composer Gustav Mahler (d. 1964)
* 1879 – Emperor Taisho of Japan (d. 1926)
* 1880 – Wilhelmina I of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
* 1885 – DuBose Heyward, American playwright (d. 1940)
* 1893 – Lily Laskine, French harpist (d. 1988)
* 1894 – Albert Facey, Australian writer (d. 1982)
* 1896 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and novelist (d. 1982)
* 1897 – Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975)
* 1903 – Arthur Godfrey, American television host (d. 1983)
* 1903 – Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher (d. 1985)
* 1905 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher (d. 1997)
* 1907 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician (d. 2007)
* 1907 – Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957)
* 1907 – William Shawn, American editor (d. 1992)
* 1907 – Altiero Spinelli, Italian advocate of European federalism (d. 1986)
* 1908 – William Saroyan, American novelist (d. 1981)
* 1911 – Edward Brongersma, Dutch politician and writer (d. 1998)
* 1913 – Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer
* 1913 – Helen Levitt, American photographer (d. 2009)
* 1914 – Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984)
* 1916 – Daniel Schorr, American journalist (d. 2010)
* 1916 – Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach
* 1916 – John S. Wold, American politician
* 1918 – Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (d. 1986)
* 1919 – Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
* 1920 – Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan singer (d. 2010)
* 1921 – Raymond Williams, Welsh academic (d. 1988)
* 1924 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (d. 2003)
* 1928 – James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
* 1931 – Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1931 – Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)
* 1934 – Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor
* 1935 – Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager
* 1937 – Warren Berlinger, American actor
* 1937 – Bobby Parker (guitarist) from USA
* 1938 – Martin Bell, British journalist
* 1938 – Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of Australia
* 1939 – Jerry Allison, American drummer (The Crickets)
* 1940 – Jack Thompson, Australian actor
* 1940 – Roger Newman, British born-American television actor and writer (d. 2010)
* 1941 – William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
* 1944 – Roger Dean, English artist
* 1944 – Clive Lloyd, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
* 1944 – Jos LeDuc, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
* 1945 – Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
* 1945 – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist
* 1946 – Jerome Corsi, American writer
* 1947 – Mona Marshall, American voice actress
* 1947 – Luca di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
* 1947 – Yumiko Oshima, Japanese manga artist
* 1947 – Somchai Wongsawat, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
* 1948 – Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (d. 1982)
* 1948 – Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter
* 1948 – Ken McMullen, English film director
* 1948 – Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach
* 1948 – Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions)
* 1949 – Richard Gere, American actor
* 1949 – H. David Politzer, American physicist, Nobel laureate
* 1952 – Herbert Reul, German politician
* 1953 – Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine racing driver
* 1953 – György Károly, Hungarian author
* 1953 – Pavel Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut
* 1954 – Julie Brown, American actress, singer-songwriter and screenwriter
* 1955 – Edwin Moses, American athlete
* 1955 – Gary Webb, American journalist (d. 2004)
* 1955 – Olek Krupa, Polish actor
* 1956 – Maria Balazova, Slovak painter
* 1956 – Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
* 1957 – Colm O’Rourke, Irish footballer and commentator
* 1957 – Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go’s)
* 1957 – Glenn Tilbrook, English singer and guitarist (Squeeze)
* 1958 – Serge Blanco, French rugby union footballer
* 1959 – Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey coach
* 1960 – Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
* 1960 – Chris Whitley, American musician (d. 2005)
* 1962 – Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
* 1963 – Reb Beach, American guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)
* 1963 – Todd Carty, Irish actor
* 1963 – Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer
* 1964 – Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and editor
* 1965 – Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor
* 1965 – Céline Bonnier, French Canadian actress
* 1965 – Willie Watson, New Zealand cricketer
* 1966 – Jan Einar Thorsen, Norwegian Alpine skier
* 1967 – Jonathan Cake, British actor
* 1967 – Gene Hoglan, American musician
* 1967 – Anita Moen, Norwegian Cross-country skier
* 1968 – Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician and Australian football player
* 1968 – Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player
* 1969 – Nathalie Bouvier, French alpine skier
* 1969 – Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
* 1969 – Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer
* 1970 – Deborah Gibson, American singer
* 1970 – Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime Minister
* 1970 – Queen Rania of Jordan
* 1970 – Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer
* 1970 – Amy Stein, American photographer
* 1970 – Zack Ward, Canadian actor
* 1971 – Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
* 1972 – Chris Tucker, American actor and comedian (Rush Hour 1, 2 & 3)
* 1973 – Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1974 – Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player
* 1975 – Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer
* 1975 – John Grahame, American ice hockey player
* 1975 – Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager
* 1975 – Sara Ramírez, American actress
* 1975 – Takahiro Suwa, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1976 – Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer
* 1976 – Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer
* 1976 – Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
* 1977 – Jeff Hardy, American wrestler
* 1977 – Ian Harte, Irish footballer
* 1977 – Craig Nicholls, Australian musician (The Vines)
* 1978 – Philippe Christanval, French footballer
* 1978 – Phina Oruche, British actress
* 1979 – Clay Hensley, American baseball player
* 1979 – Mickie James, American professional wrestler
* 1979 – Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
* 1979 – Simon Neil, Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro)
* 1979 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film music composer
* 1979 – Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
* 1980 – Joe Budden, American rapper
* 1981 – Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby union footballer
* 1981 – Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
* 1982 – Ian Crocker, American swimmer
* 1982 – Chris Duhon, American basketball player
* 1982 – Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
* 1982 – Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
* 1982 – Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born ice hockey player
* 1982 – José Reina, Spanish footballer
* 1982 – Michele Rugolo, Italian racing driver
* 1983 – Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
* 1984 – Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer
* 1984 – Ted Ligety, American alpine skier
* 1984 – Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer
* 1985 – Andrew Foster, Australian rules footballer
* 1986 – Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player
* 1987 – Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_31
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