Celebrity Birthdays for July 31:
Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell is 94.
Songwriter and producer Barry DeVorzon ("Nadia's Theme) is 91.
Actress Susan Flannery ("Bold and the Beautiful") is 86.
Actress France Nuyen ("South Pacific") is 86.
Singer Lobo is 82.
Actress Geraldine Chaplin is 81.
Former movie studio executive Sherry Lansing is 81.
Singer Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis and the Playboys is 80.
Actor Lane Davies is 75.
Actress Susan Wooldridge is 75.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Evonne Goolagong Cawley is 74.
Actor Barry Van Dyke is 74.
Actor Alan Autry is 73.
Jazz composer-musician Michael Wolff is 73.
Actor James Read is 72.
Actor Michael Biehn ("The Terminator," ''Aliens") is 69.
Singer-guitarist Daniel Ash (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) is 68.
Actor Dirk Blocker ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine") is 68.
Drummer Bill Berry (R.E.M.) is 67.
Entrepreneur and NBA team owner Mark Cuban is 67.
Actor Wally Kurth is 67.
Actor Wesley Snipes is 63.
Country singer Chad Brock is 62.
Musician Fatboy Slim is 62.
Guitarist Jim Corr of The Corrs is 61.
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is 60.
Actor Jim True-Frost (American Odyssey," ''The Wire") is 60.
Actor Dean Cain ("Lois and Clark") is 59.
Actor Loren Dean ("Space Cowboys") is 56.
Actor Ben Chaplin is 56.
Actress Eve Best ("Nurse Jackie") is 54.
Actress Annie Parisse ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") is 50.
Country singer Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band is 47.
Musician Will Champion (Coldplay) is 47.
Actor B.J. Novak ("The Office") is 46.
Actor Eric Lively is 44.
Singer Shannon Curfman is 40.
NHL All-star Evgeni Malkin is 39.
Soccer player Michael Bradley is 38.
Rapper Lil Uzi Vert is 31.
Actor Rico Rodriguez ("Modern Family") is 27.
Actor Reese Hartwig is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1886, cartoon producer Fred Quimby ("Tom and Jerry"). (Sept. 16, 1965)
In 1913, Hockey Hall of Fame forward Bryan Hextall. (July 25, 1984)
In 1919, sports announcer Curt Gowdy. (Feb. 20, 2006)
In 1919, Primo Levi, a Jewish-Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author. (April 11, 1987)
In 1923, Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun. (Dec. 14, 2006)
In 1928, Canadian film director Gilles Carle. (Nov. 28, 2009)
In 1929, Canadian bass Don Garrard. (Sept, 21, 2011)
In 1929, actor Don Murray. (Feb. 2, 2024)
In 1932, actor Ted Cassidy. (Jan. 16, 1979)
In 1935, actor Geoffrey Lewis. (April 7, 2015)
In 1947, actor Richard Griffiths. (March 28, 2013)
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