Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 23:
Actress Vera Miles is 96.
Actress Barbara Eden is 94.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen is 91.
Actor Richard Sanders ("WKRP In Cincinnati") is 85.
Ballet dancer Patricia McBride is 83.
Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 78.
Singer Linda Thompson is 78.
Actor David Robb ("Downton Abbey") is 78.
Country fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 76.
Actress Shelley Long is 76.
Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 76.
Actor-producer Mark Hudson is 74.
Queen Noor of Jordan is 74.
Actor Skipp Sudduth ("The Good Wife") is 69.
Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 64.
Actor Jay Mohr is 55.
Retired CFL quarterback Anthony Calvillo is 53.
Actor Ray Park ("X-Men," ''The Phantom Menace") is 51.
Actor Scott Caan is 49.
Country singer Shelly Fairchild is 48.
Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 47.
Actress Joanna Froggatt ("Downton Abbey") is 45.
Actress Annie Ilonzeh is 42.
Actress Kimberly Matula is 37.
Rapper Lil Yachty is 28.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1843, Canadian newspaper publisher William Southam. (Feb. 27, 1932)
In 1912, singer-dancer-director Gene Kelly. (Feb. 2, 1996)
In 1913, bandleader Bob Crosby. (March 9, 1993)
In 1917, singing cowboy Tex Williams. (Oct. 11, 1985)
In 1925, film director Robert Mulligan ("To Kill a Mockingbird"). (Dec. 20, 2008)
In 1932, political satirist Mark Russell. (Mar. 30, 2023)
In 1936, singer Rudy Lewis (The Drifters). (May 20, 1964)
In 1945, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Rayfield Wright. (Apr. 7, 2022)
In 1946, drummer Keith Moon (The Who). (Sept. 7, 1978)
In 1951, Jimi Jamison, lead singer of Survivor. (Sept. 1, 2014)
In 1962, Tejano singer Emilio Navaira. (May 16, 2016)
In 1970, actor River Phoenix. (Oct. 31, 1993)
In 1978, NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant. (Jan. 26, 2020)
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