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Birthdays of Personalities on August 31

xxxx : Lucius A A Coomodus, emperor of Rome (180-91)
xxxx : Aligula, [Gaius C‘sar], 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD)
1569 : Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India
1602 : Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik
1663 : Guillaume Amontons, French physicist
1749 : Radistschew, writer
1811 : Goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1811 : Th‚ophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet (Albertus)
1822 : Fitz John Porter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1823 : Galusha Aaron Grow, MC (Union), died in 1907
1828 : George Leonard Andrews, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1852 : Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister
1870 : Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response)
1879 : Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26)
1880 : Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948)
1884 : George Al Sarton, Belgian/US historian
1885 : DuBose Heyward, novelist (Porgy)
1887 : Friedrich A Paneth, Austrian/British chemist
1888 : Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)
1897 : Marianne Bruns, writer
1899 : Paul E Garber, US founder/1st curator of National Air & Space Museum
1903 : Arthur Godfrey, NYC, radio/TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout)
1903 : Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank
1905 : Sal Tas, Dutch journalist & CIA agent (Het Parool) [or 1897]
1906 : Vivienne Byerley, publicist
1907 : August F Hawkins, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
1907 : Ram¢n Magsaysay, Philippines, statesman (US Legion of Merit-1952)
1908 : Lab Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell ouchere, local historian
1908 : William Saroyan, US, novelist/playwright (Time of Your Life)
1911 : Hilde Jarecki, educationist
1912 : Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone
1913 : Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Cura‡ao (1951-67)
1916 : Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)
1923 : Larry White Grayson, British comedian (Generation Game)
1924 : Buddy [Leonard] Hackett, Bkln, comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Man)
1926 : Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)
1926 : Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses (CDA)
1928 : Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer
1929 : Julio Ramon Ribeyro, writer
1930 : Owen B Pickett, (Rep-D-Virginia)
1930 : Tiny Little Jr, Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1931 : Dan Rather, news anchor (CBS-TV)
1931 : Jean Marc Beliveau, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups)
1932 : Benito Wogatzki, writer
1932 : Robert [Franklin] Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time)
1932 : Roy Castle, entertainer
1935 : Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican
1935 : Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager (MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL)
1936 : Marva Nettles Collins, educator (west side preparatory school)
1941 : Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host (Paul Meier Show)
1945 : Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim (14 Grammys)
1945 : Leonid Ivanovich Popov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 35/37, 40, T-7)
1945 : [George I] Van Morrison, Belfast, singer (Here Comes the Night)
1949 : Rick Roberts, rocker (Firefall)
1952 : Bruce Soboroff, Chic Il, rocker (Buckinghams)
1952 : Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist (Scorpions-Virgin Killer)
1953 : Marcia Clark, [Kleks], Berkeley CA, LA DA (OJ Simpson Case)
1954 : Tula, [Barry Kenneth Cossey], Engld, transsexual (For Your Eyes Only)
1957 : Gina Schock, rocker (Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed)
1957 : Glenn Tilbrook, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Squeeze-Tempted)
1958 : David H Mattheisen, Blue Island Ill, PhD/astronaut (STS 73 alt)
1959 : Tony DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family)
1961 : David Chastain, heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland)
1963 : Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker (Winger-17)
1966 : Jeff Frye, Oakland CA, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
1969 : Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versache)
1970 : Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)

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