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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Walter Abish
Author
24-Dec-1931   Alphabetical Africa
James G. Abourezk
Politician
24-Feb-1931   US Senator from South Dakota, 1973-79
Duane Acklie
Business
14-Nov-1931   Crete Carrier Corporation
Nick Adams
Actor
10-Jul-1931 7-Feb-1968 Johnny Yuma on The Rebel
Iajuddin Ahmed
Head of State
1-Feb-1931   President of Bangladesh
Alvin Ailey
Dancer
5-Jan-1931 1-Dec-1989 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Rolando Alphonso
Musician
12-Jan-1931 20-Nov-1998 Horn player, Ska/Reggae pioneer
Cecil D. Andrus
Politician
25-Aug-1931   Twice Governor of Idaho
Marshall Applewhite
Religion
17-May-1931 26-Mar-1997 Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide
Rand V. Araskog
Business
30-Oct-1931   CEO of ITT, 1979-98
Roone Arledge
Sports Figure
8-Jul-1931 5-Dec-2002 Created Wide World of Sports
Diego Asencio
Diplomat
15-Jul-1931   US Ambassador to Brazil, 1983-86
Barbara Bain
Actor
13-Sep-1931   Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999
Carroll Baker
Actor
28-May-1931   Baby Doll
George Baker
Actor
1-Apr-1931 7-Oct-2011 Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Anne Bancroft
Actor
17-Sep-1931 6-Jun-2005 Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate
Ernie Banks
Baseball
31-Jan-1931   National League MVP 1958 and 1959
Barbara Barrie
Actor
23-May-1931   Mrs. Barney Miller
Donald Barthelme
Author
7-Apr-1931 23-Jul-1989 Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Jean Béliveau
Hockey
31-Aug-1931   Montreal Canadiens, 1950-71
Jill Bennett
Actor
24-Dec-1931 4-Oct-1990 The Sheltering Sky
Patricia Blair
Actor
15-Jan-1931   Rebecca on Daniel Boone
Claire Bloom
Actor
15-Feb-1931   Crimes and Misdemeanors
Stephen Boyd
Actor
4-Jul-1931 2-Jun-1977 Ben-Hur
Robert F. Brachtenbach
Judge
28-Jan-1931 2-May-2008 Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94
Carl Brashear
Military
19-Jan-1931 25-Jul-2006 Navy diver
Patricia Breslin
Actor
17-Mar-1931 12-Oct-2011 The People's Choice
Teresa Brewer
Singer
7-May-1931 17-Oct-2007 Till I Waltz Again with You
Diane Brewster
Actor
11-Mar-1931 12-Nov-1991 Miss Canfield on Leave It to Beaver
Norman Brinker
Business
3-Jun-1931 9-Jun-2009 CEO of Brinker International, 1983-95
Paul Brodeur
Novelist
16-May-1931   The Sick Fox
Charles Bronfman
Business
27-Jun-1931   Fifth richest person in Canada
Fred Brooks
Computer Programmer
19-Apr-1931   Father of the IBM System 360
Earle Bruce
Football
8-Mar-1931   OSU Head Coach, 1979-87
Phil Bruns
Actor
2-May-1931 8-Feb-2012 George Shumway on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Algis Budrys
Author
9-Jan-1931 9-Jun-2008 Rogue Moon
Jim Bunning
Politician
23-Oct-1931   US Senator from Kentucky
Jonathan J. Bush
Relative
1931   Brother of George H.W. Bush
Robert C. Butler
Business
c. 1931   CFO of International Paper, 1988-95
Joseph Califano
Government
15-May-1931   Carter's HEW Secretary
Richard Caliguiri
Politician
20-Oct-1931 6-May-1988 Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1978-88
Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.
Judge
9-Nov-1931   Louisiana Chief Justice
William C. Canby, Jr.
Judge
22-May-1931   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-96
Leslie Caron
Dancer
1-Jul-1931   Gigi
John Le Carré
Novelist
19-Oct-1931   The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Julian Carroll
Politician
16-Apr-1931   Governor of Kentucky, 1974-79
Bud Carson
Football
28-Apr-1931 8-Dec-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77
Billy Casper
Golf
24-Jun-1931   Won 3 majors, plus 51 PGA Tour wins
Raúl Castro
Government
3-Jun-1931   President of Cuba
Sri Chinmoy
Religion
27-Aug-1931 11-Oct-2007 Meditation guru
William P. Clark
Government
23-Oct-1931   US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85
William L. Clay
Politician
30-Apr-1931   Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001
Howard Coble
Politician
18-Mar-1931   Congressman, North Carolina 6th
Cardiss Collins
Politician
24-Sep-1931   Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97
Chuck Colson
Government
16-Oct-1931 21-Apr-2012 Minister, former Watergate figure
Pat Conway
Actor
9-Jan-1931 24-Apr-1981 Tombstone Territory
Sam Cooke
Singer
22-Jan-1931 11-Dec-1964 Soul and R&B singer
Adrienne Corri
Actor
13-Nov-1931   A Clockwork Orange
Purdy Crawford
Business
7-Nov-1931   CEO of Imasco Limited, 1985-95
James W. Cronin
Physicist
29-Sep-1931   Time not necessarily reversible
Eddie Crowder
Football
26-Aug-1931 9-Sep-2008 Colorado Head Coach, 1963-73
Thomas H. Cruikshank
Business
c. 1931   CEO of Halliburton, 1983-95
Kenneth M. Curtis
Politician
8-Feb-1931   Governor of Maine, 1967-74
Clive Cussler
Author
15-Jul-1931   Raising the Titanic
Walter Cutler
Diplomat
25-Nov-1931   US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1984-87
John N. Dalton
Politician
11-Jul-1931 30-Jul-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1978-82
Ray Danton
Actor
19-Sep-1931 11-Feb-1992 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Georgine Darcy
Actor
14-Jan-1931 18-Jul-2004 Miss Torso in Rear Window
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Skeeter Davis
Country Musician
30-Dec-1931 19-Sep-2004 Country vocalist at Grand Ole Opry
James Dean
Actor
8-Feb-1931 30-Sep-1955 Lived fast, died young
Jacques Demy
Film Director
5-Jun-1931 27-Oct-1990 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Ralph D. DeNunzio
Business
17-Nov-1931   CEO of Kidder Peabody, 1980-87
Albert DeSalvo
Criminal
3-Sep-1931 25-Nov-1973 Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler
Michel Deville
Film Director
13-Apr-1931   La Lectrice
Laura Devon
Actor
23-May-1931 19-Jul-2007 Red Line 7000
Angie Dickinson
Actor
30-Sep-1931   Police Woman
Ivan Dixon
Actor
6-Apr-1931 16-Mar-2008 Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes
E. L. Doctorow
Author
6-Jan-1931   The Book of Daniel
Jack Dodson
Actor
16-May-1931 16-Sep-1994 The Andy Griffith Show
Bill Donaldson
Government
2-Jun-1931   SEC Chairman, 2003-05
Robert Donner
Actor
27-Apr-1931 8-Jun-2006 Exidor on Mork and Mindy
Diana Dors
Actor
23-Oct-1931 4-May-1984 Yield to the Night
Robert R. Douglass
Attorney
16-Oct-1931   Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan, 1985-93
Olympia Dukakis
Actor
20-Jun-1931   Tales of the City
Charles F. Dunbar
Diplomat
1-Apr-1931   US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91
Robert Duvall
Actor
5-Jan-1931   Tom Hagen in The Godfather
Ronald Dworkin
Philosopher
11-Dec-1931   Taking Rights Seriously
Archie R. Dykes
Educator
20-Jan-1931   Former Chancellor, University of Kansas
John Porter East
Politician
5-May-1931 29-Jun-1986 US Senator, committed suicide
David Eddings
Author
7-Jul-1931 2-Jun-2009 The Belgariad
Anita Ekberg
Actor
29-Sep-1931   Artists and Models
Daniel Ellsberg
Government
7-Apr-1931   Pentagon Papers source
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Activist
26-Nov-1931   Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Thomas B. Evans, Jr.
Politician
5-Nov-1931   Congressman from Delaware, 1977-83
Chuck Feeney
Business
23-Apr-1931   Duty Free Shoppers
Eugene C. Fiedorek
Business
c. 1931   EnCap Investments
Hal Fishman
Journalist
25-Aug-1931 7-Aug-2007 Los Angeles TV news anchor
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Basketball
7-Oct-1931 24-Jul-2004 21 seasons as NBA head coach
David W. Fox
Business
c. 1931   CEO of Northern Trust, 1990-95
Art Fry
Chemist
19-Aug-1931   Post-It notes
Dick Gautier
Actor
30-Oct-1931   Hymie on Get Smart
Mitzi Gaynor
Actor
4-Sep-1931   South Pacific
Bernie Geoffrion
Hockey
14-Feb-1931 11-Mar-2006 Montreal Canadiens, 1950-64
Wally George
TV Personality
4-Dec-1931 5-Oct-2003 Abusive conservative spectacle
Riccardo Giacconi
Astronomer
6-Oct-1931   Discovered cosmic X-ray sources
Marla Gibbs
Actor
14-Jun-1931   Florence on The Jeffersons
Annie Girardot
Actor
25-Oct-1931 28-Feb-2011 Rocco and His Brothers
Roberto C. Goizueta
Business
18-Nov-1931 18-Oct-1997 CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97
John Golding
Politician
9-Mar-1931 20-Jan-1999 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1969-96
William Goldman
Novelist
12-Aug-1931   Marathon Man
Mary L. Good
Educator
20-Jun-1931   Donaghey Professor, U. Arkansas
Mikhail Gorbachev
Head of State
2-Mar-1931   Final leader of the Soviet Union
Eydie Gorme
Musician
16-Aug-1931   Blame it on the Bossa Nova
Bill Graham
Business
8-Jan-1931 25-Oct-1991 Rock & roll promoter
Larry Hagman
Actor
21-Sep-1931   J.R. Ewing on Dallas
Glenn Hall
Hockey
3-Oct-1931   Mr. Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Philip Baker Hall
Actor
10-Sep-1931   Magnolia
Lee H. Hamilton
Politician
20-Apr-1931   9/11 Commission vice chairman
William Hanley
Playwright
22-Oct-1931 25-May-2012 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground
Hanoi Hannah
Radio Personality
1931   VC propagandist during Vietnam War
Johnny Hart
Cartoonist
18-Feb-1931 7-Apr-2007 The Wizard of Id, B.C.
Martin Harwit
Astronomer
9-Mar-1931   Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy
Ulric Haynes
Diplomat
8-Jun-1931   US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81
Shirley Hazzard
Novelist
30-Jan-1931   The Transit of Venus
Richard F. Heck
Chemist
1931   Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
Margaret Heckler
Politician
21-Jun-1931   US Secretary of HHS, 1983-85
Ian Hendry
Actor
13-Jan-1931 24-Dec-1984 Get Carter
Jerry Herman
Composer
10-Jul-1931   Hello Dolly!
Whitey Herzog
Baseball
9-Nov-1931   The White Rat
Darryl Hickman
Actor
28-Jul-1931   The Happy Years
Roderick M. Hills
Politician
9-Mar-1931   SEC Chairman, 1975-77
Connie Hines
Actor
24-Mar-1931 18-Dec-2009 Carol Post on Mister Ed
Ian Holm
Actor
12-Sep-1931   Time Bandits
Darla Hood
Actor
8-Nov-1931 13-Jun-1979 The Little Rascals
Stephen Horn
Politician
31-May-1931 17-Feb-2011 Congressman from California, 1993-2003
Procter Hug, Jr.
Judge
11-Mar-1931   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-2002
Tab Hunter
Actor
11-Jul-1931   Damn Yankees
Chun Doo Hwan
Head of State
18-Jan-1931   President of South Korea, 1980-88
Bobby Ray Inman
Military
4-Apr-1931   Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director
Edgar D. Jannotta
Business
c. 1931   Chairman, William Blair & Company
David Janssen
Actor
27-Mar-1931 13-Feb-1980 The Fugitive
Jennifer Jayne
Actor
14-Nov-1931 23-Apr-2006 The Crawling Eye
Bob Johnson
Hockey
4-Mar-1931 26-Nov-1991 Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer
Dean Jones
Actor
25-Jan-1931   That Darn Cat!
George Jones
Country Musician
12-Sep-1931   Country singer, White Lightning
James Earl Jones
Actor
17-Jan-1931   Voice of Darth Vader and CNN
Jim Jones
Religion
13-May-1931 18-Nov-1978 Led mass People's Temple suicide
Stan Jones
Football
24-Nov-1931 21-May-2010 Hall of Fame Lineman, Chicago Bears
Mauricio Kagel
Composer
24-Dec-1931 18-Sep-2008 Absurdist composer
A. P. J. Kalam
Scientist
15-Oct-1931   11th President of India 2002-07
William Cardinal Keeler
Religion
4-Mar-1931   Archbishop of Baltimore, 1989-2007
Herb Kelleher
Business
12-Mar-1931   Founder of Southwest Airlines
Thomas F. Keller
Educator
22-Sep-1931   Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96
Donald Kennedy
Educator
18-Aug-1931   Editor-in-Chief of Science
John Kerr
Actor
15-Nov-1931   Tea and Sympathy
Mwai Kibaki
Head of State
15-Nov-1931   President of Kenya
Don King
Boxing
20-Aug-1931   Boxing promoter
Allen Klein
Business
18-Dec-1931 4-Jul-2009 Prehensile ABKCO executive
Etheridge Knight
Poet
19-Apr-1931 10-Mar-1991 Poems from Prison
Marianne Koch
Actor
19-Aug-1931   A Fistful of Dollars
Ted Kotcheff
Film Director
7-Apr-1931   The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Dennis Kux
Diplomat
11-Aug-1931   US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1986-89
Bert Lance
Government
3-Jun-1931   OMB Director, 1977
Martin Landau
Actor
20-Jun-1931   Mission: Impossible, Space 1999
Hope Lange
Actor
28-Nov-1931 19-Dec-2003 Peyton Place
Tom Laughlin
Actor
10-Aug-1931   Billy Jack
Bernard Cardinal Law
Religion
4-Nov-1931   Archbishop of Boston, 1984-2002
Ted Lazenby
Business
c. 1931   LNC Corporation
David M. Lee
Physicist
20-Jan-1931   Superfluidity of helium-3
Norman F. Lent
Politician
23-Mar-1931 11-Jun-2012 Congressman from New York, 1971-93
Sandy Levin
Politician
6-Sep-1931   Congressman, Michigan 12th
Arthur Levitt
Business
3-Feb-1931   SEC Chairman, 1993-2001
Drew Lewis
Government
3-Nov-1931   US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83
Sylvia Lewis
Dancer
22-Apr-1931   Sylvia on Where's Raymond?
Gunnel Lindblom
Actor
18-Dec-1931   The Virgin Spring
Hal Linden
Actor
20-Mar-1931   Barney Miller
Richard Lingeman
Author
2-Jan-1931   Biographer of Theodore Dreiser
Martin Lipton
Attorney
22-Jun-1931   Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Michael Lonsdale
Actor
24-May-1931   Moonraker
Donald L. Lucas
Business
c. 1931   Venture Capitalist
Alvin Lucier
Composer
14-May-1931   I Am Sitting In A Room
Buz Lukens
Politician
11-Feb-1931 22-May-2010 Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90
George Maciunas
Artist
8-Nov-1931 9-May-1978 Founder of Fluxus
Gavin MacLeod
Actor
28-Feb-1931   Capt. Stubing on Love Boat
Robert MacNeil
Journalist
19-Jan-1931   MacNeil/Lehrer Report
Jay Macpherson
Poet
13-Jun-1931   O Earth Return
Dave Madden
Actor
17-Dec-1931   Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family
Mickey Mantle
Baseball
20-Oct-1931 13-Aug-1995 Twelve times in the World Series
Ted Marchibroda
Football
15-Mar-1931   Retired NFL head coach
Joan Marshall
Actor
9-Jun-1931 28-Jun-1992 Homicidal
Don Martin
Artist
18-May-1931 6-Jan-2000 Mad Magazine artist
Eddie Mathews
Baseball
13-Oct-1931 18-Feb-2001 Hit 512 home runs
Drummond Matthews
Geologist
5-Feb-1931 20-Jul-1997 Plate tectonics
Mack Mattingly
Politician
7-Jan-1931   US Senator from Georgia, 1981-87
Charles T. Maxwell
Business
c. 1931   Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co.
Julian May
Novelist
10-Jul-1931   Galactic Milieu Trilogy
Willie Mays
Baseball
6-May-1931   Baseball Hall of Famer
Malachy McCourt
Actor
20-Sep-1931   Father Meehan on Oz
Virginia McKenna
Actor
7-Jun-1931   Born Free
Bill McKinney
Actor
12-Sep-1931 1-Dec-2011 Deliverance
John McPhee
Author
8-Mar-1931   Annals of the Former World
Ed Meese
Government
2-Dec-1931   Attorney General under Reagan, 1985-88
Rokusaburo Michiba
Chef
3-Jan-1931   The original Iron Chef Japanese
Martin Milner
Actor
28-Dec-1931   LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12
Norm Mineta
Politician
12-Nov-1931   Congressman from California, 1975-95
John Cameron Monjo
Diplomat
17-Jul-1931   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1992-95
Scotty Moore
Guitarist
27-Dec-1931   Elvis Presley's first guitarist
Connie Morella
Politician
12-Feb-1931   Congresswoman from Maryland, 1987-2003
Rita Moreno
Actor
11-Dec-1931   West Side Story, Electric Company
Garfield Morgan
Actor
19-Apr-1931 5-Dec-2009 Chief Haskins on The Sweeney
Toni Morrison
Author
18-Feb-1931   Beloved
Robert Morse
Actor
18-May-1931   How to Succeed in Business
Alice Munro
Author
10-Jul-1931   Dance of the Happy Shades
Rupert Murdoch
Business
11-Mar-1931   Founder and CEO of News Corp
Dervla Murphy
Author
28-Nov-1931   Irish cyclist, travel writer
Mary Murphy
Actor
26-Jan-1931 4-May-2011 The Wild One
Hal Needham
Film Director
6-Mar-1931   The Cannonball Run
Anthony Newley
Actor
24-Sep-1931 14-Apr-1999 Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
Mike Nichols
Film Director
6-Nov-1931   Primary Colors
Leonard Nimoy
Actor
26-Mar-1931   Commander Spock on Star Trek
Philip W. Noel
Politician
5-Jun-1931   Governor of Rhode Island, 1973-77
John Norman
Author
3-Jun-1931   Chronicles of Gor
Robert Novak
Columnist
26-Feb-1931 18-Aug-2009 Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame
Daniel A. O'Donohue
Diplomat
27-Oct-1931   US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91
Robert B. Oakley
Diplomat
12-Mar-1931   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988-91
Don Oberdorfer
Journalist
28-May-1931   The Washington Post
Ermanno Olmi
Film Director
24-Jul-1931   L'albero degli zoccoli
Ron Packard
Politician
19-Jan-1931   Congressman from California, 1983-2001
Robert P. Paganelli
Diplomat
3-Nov-1931   US Ambassador to Syria, 1981-84
Cecil Parkinson
Politician
1-Sep-1931   Thatcherite MP and Minister
Donald J. Pease
Politician
26-Sep-1931 28-Jul-2002 Congressman from Ohio, 1977-93
Roger Penrose
Mathematician
8-Aug-1931   Theory of cosmic censorship
Isabel Peron
Head of State
4-Feb-1931   Dancer, President of Argentina, 1974-76
John J. Phelan, Jr.
Business
7-May-1931 4-Aug-2012 CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91
Regis Philbin
Talk Show Host
25-Aug-1931   Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly
Thomas Pickering
Diplomat
5-Nov-1931   Career US Ambassador
Pierre Pilote
Hockey
11-Dec-1931   NHL Hall of Famer
Lionel Pincus
Business
2-Mar-1931 10-Oct-2009 Co-Founder, Warburg Pincus
Brian Pitman
Business
13-Dec-1931 11-Mar-2010 CEO of Lloyds TSB
Mala Powers
Actor
20-Dec-1931 11-Jun-2007 Cyrano de Bergerac
Charles H. Price II
Diplomat
1-Apr-1931 12-Jan-2012 US Ambassador to the UK, 1983-89
Edgar Prince
Business
3-May-1931 2-Mar-1995 Prince Manufacturing
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Dan Rather
Journalist
31-Oct-1931   Former CBS Anchorman
Johannes Rau
Head of State
16-Jan-1931 27-Jan-2006 President of Germany, 1999-2004
Brian Rawlinson
Actor
12-Nov-1931 23-Nov-2000 Robert Onedin on The Onedin Line
Della Reese
Musician
6-Jul-1931   Touched by an Angel
Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor
13-Jan-1931 25-May-2007 Flamboyant Match Game panelist
Stephen Reinhardt
Judge
27-Mar-1931   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
William Reynolds
Actor
9-Dec-1931   The F.B.I.
Mordecai Richler
Novelist
27-Jan-1931 3-Jul-2001 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Burton Richter
Physicist
22-Mar-1931   Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson
Matthew Rinaldo
Politician
1-Sep-1931   Congressman from New Jersey, 1973-93
Jim Ringo
Football
21-Nov-1931 19-Nov-2007 NFL Hall of Famer
Alice Rivlin
Economist
4-Mar-1931   Founding director, Congressional Budget Office
Gerard R. Roche
Business
c. 1931   Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles
Richard Rorty
Philosopher
4-Oct-1931 8-Jun-2007 Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Edward M. Rowell
Diplomat
31-Oct-1931   US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1990-94
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Conductor
4-May-1931   Bolshoi, Vienna Symphony, Stockholm
Jane Rule
Author
28-Mar-1931 27-Nov-2007 Desert of the Heart
Janice Rule
Actor
15-Aug-1931 17-Oct-2003 3 Women
Morley Safer
Journalist
8-Nov-1931   60 Minutes
Herbert Sandler
Philanthropist
16-Nov-1931   Golden West Financial
George E. Sangmeister
Politician
16-Feb-1931 7-Oct-2007 Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95
Joe Santos
Actor
9-Jun-1931   Det. Becker on Rockford Files
Ronnie Schell
Actor
23-Dec-1931   Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, USMC
Edward C. Schmults
Attorney
6-Feb-1931   Deputy US Attorney General, 1981-84
Robert Schrieffer
Physicist
31-May-1931   BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Ettore Scola
Screenwriter
10-May-1931   A Special Day
Walter Scott, Jr.
Business
c. 1931   Chairman of Level 3 Communications
Paul Shanley
Religion
25-Jan-1931   Molesting priest
Isadore Sharp
Business
8-Oct-1931   Founder, Four Seasons Hotels
William Shatner
Actor
22-Mar-1931   Captain Kirk on Star Trek
Johnny Sheffield
Actor
11-Apr-1931 15-Oct-2010 Child actor, "Boy" in Tarzan films
Willie Shoemaker
Jockey
19-Aug-1931 12-Oct-2003 Greatest 20th century jockey
Andy Sidaris
Film Director
20-Feb-1931 7-Mar-2007 Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Alvaro Silva-Calderón
Government
1931   Secretary General of OPEC, 2002-03
Harold C. Simmons
Business
1931   Drugstore billionaire
Arthur L. Simon
Business
c. 1931   Former Partner, Coopers & Lybrand
Alan Simpson
Politician
2-Sep-1931   US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97
Ike Skelton
Politician
20-Dec-1931   Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2011
Herbert A. Sklenar
Business
7-Jun-1931   CEO of Vulcan Materials, 1986-97
Dean Smith
Basketball
28-Feb-1931   UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97
Hamilton O. Smith
Scientist
23-Aug-1931   Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
John Smith
Actor
6-Mar-1931 25-Jan-1995 Slim Sherman on Laramie
Robert F. Smith
Politician
16-Jun-1931   Congressman from Oregon, 1983-99
Michael I. Sovern
Educator
1-Dec-1931   President of Columbia University, 1980-93
Benny Spellman
Musician
11-Dec-1931   Fortune Teller
John Shelby Spong
Religion
16-Jun-1931   Retired bishop of Newark, NJ
Norman H. Stahl
Judge
30-Jan-1931   1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992-2001
Pete Stark
Politician
11-Nov-1931   Congressman, California 13th
Ronald Steel
Scholar
25-Mar-1931   Pax Americana
Karen Steele
Actor
20-Mar-1931 12-Mar-1988 Ride Lonesome
Robert Stephens
Actor
14-Jul-1931 12-Nov-1995 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Richard Stites
Historian
2-Dec-1931 7-Mar-2010 The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia
Thorvald Stoltenberg
Politician
8-Jul-1931   Norwegian Foreign Minister, 1990-93
Hubert Sumlin
Guitarist
16-Nov-1931   Blues guitarist, singer
William H. Sutton
Attorney
1931   Friday Eldredge & Clark
Jack Swigert
Astronaut
30-Aug-1931 27-Dec-1982 Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13
Gloria Talbott
Actor
7-Feb-1931 19-Sep-2000 I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Charles Taylor
Philosopher
5-Nov-1931   Sources of the Self
Norman Tebbit
Politician
29-Mar-1931   Thatcherite MP and Minister
Billie Thomas
Actor
12-Mar-1931 10-Oct-1980 Buckwheat on The Little Rascals
June Thorburn
Actor
8-Jun-1931 4-Nov-1967 The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
James Tolkan
Actor
20-Jun-1931   Back to the Future
Rip Torn
Actor
6-Feb-1931   Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show
Blanche M. Touhill
Educator
c. 1931   Chancellor of UMSL, 1991-2002
Tomas Tranströmer
Poet
15-Apr-1931   Scandinavian poet
Bob Traxler
Politician
21-Jul-1931   Congressman from Michigan, 1974-93
Trevanian
Novelist
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John K. Turner
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Desmond Tutu
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7-Oct-1931   Archbishop of Cape Town
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Dries van Agt
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2-Feb-1931   Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1977-82
Mamie Van Doren
Actor
6-Feb-1931   High School Confidential!
Jerry Van Dyke
Actor
27-Jul-1931   Assistant Coach on Coach
Jack Van Impe
Religion
9-Feb-1931   Televangelist
Guy Vander Jagt
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26-Aug-1931 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93
George Vasiliou
Head of State
1931   President of Cyprus, 1988-93
Martinus J.G. Veltman
Physicist
27-Jun-1931   Quantum physicist
Ken Venturi
Golf
15-May-1931   Winner of 1964 US Open
Shirley Verrett
Singer
31-May-1931 5-Nov-2010 Mezzo-soprano at the Met
Billy Vessels
Football
22-Mar-1931 17-Nov-2001 Winner, 1952 Heisman Trophy
Monica Vitti
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3-Nov-1931   L'Avventura
Harold L. Volkmer
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4-Apr-1931 16-Apr-2011 Congressman from Missouri, 1977-97
George Herbert Walker III
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c. 1931   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2003-06
Junior Walker
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Bill Walsh
Football
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Rusty Warren
Singer/Songwriter
17-Mar-1931   Songs for Sinners
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
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16-May-1931   Governor of Connecticut, 1991-95
Fay Weldon
Novelist
22-Sep-1931   Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Frederick B. Whittemore
Business
c. 1931   Former Partner, Morgan Stanley
L. Douglas Wilder
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17-Jan-1931   Governor of Virginia, 1990-94
Clayton W. Williams, Jr.
Business
8-Oct-1931   Texas oilman, rancher
Frank Williams
Actor
2-Jul-1931   Vicar on Dad's Army
Boxcar Willie
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Noble Willingham
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Richard B. Wirthlin
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Tom Wolfe
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James D. Woods
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c. 1931   CEO of Baker Hughes, 1987-97
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Boris Yeltsin
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1-Feb-1931 23-Apr-2007 First president of post-Soviet Russia
George Younger
Politician
22-Sep-1931 26-Jan-2003 UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89
Don Zimmer
Baseball
17-Jan-1931   Red Sox, Padres, Cubs, manager


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