July 31: Today's Notable Birthdays

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July 31th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

July 31th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (Arab on a Camel, Coucou Bazar, Fluting on the Hump, Grotesque Landscapes and Hourloupe), was born on July 31, 1901.

Isaac Ouwater, Dutch cartoonist and painter (Amsterdam, The Bookshop and Lottery Agency of Jan de Groot, The Nieuwe Kerk and the Rear of the Town Hall in Amsterdam andSt. Bavo´s Cathedral and the Groote Markt), was born on July 31, 1748.

Constant Permeke, Flemish Expressionist painter and sculptor (Dagelijks Brood, De Drie Gratiën, De Grote Marine, De Zaaier, Gouden Oogst, Het Afscheid, Moederschap, Niob and Sow), was born on July 31, 1886.

July 31th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Knut Holmann, Norwegian rower and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on July 31, 1970.

Irina Nazariva, Russian relay runner and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on July 31, 1957.

July 31th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

British author Lynne Reid Banks (Broken Bridge, Children at the Gate, An End to Running, The Indian in the Cupboard, The L-Shaped Room and One More River) was born on July 31, 1929.

Arthur Daley, American sportswriter (The New York Times) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1956), was born on July 31, 1904.

Milton Friedman, American economist, author (Economic Freedom, Free to Choose, Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History, Social Security: Universal or Selective, The Essence of Friedman, There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, Two Lucky People: Memoirs, Unemployment Versus Inflation and Why Money Matters), and Nobel Prize winner (1976), was born on July 31, 1912.

American sportscaster Curtis Edward Gowdy was born on July 31, 1919.

Irving (Irv) Kupcinet, American newspaper columnist ("Kup's Column") and television host, was born on July 31, 1912.

Elmo Roper, American political pollster, was born on July 31, 1900.

Joanne Kathleen (J. K.) Rowling, British author (Harry Potter), was born on July 31, 1965.

July 31th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American iron manufacturer, attorney, philanthropist, U.S. Congressman and New York City mayor Abram Stevens Hewitt, was born on July 31, 1822.

Sebastian Spering Kresge, American merchant (Kresge's Department Stores) and philanthropist, was born on July 31, 1867.

July 31th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American professional football player and actor Carlos Alan Autry (At Close Range, Brewster's Millions, Grace Under Fire, In the Heat of the Night, , North Dallas Forty and Sons of Thunder) was born on July 31, 1952.

Sam Barnhart, American contemporary Christian guitarist and vocalist (Bleach), was born on July 31, 1974.

William (Bill) Thomas Berry, American rock drummer (REM), was born on July 31, 1958.

American actor Michael Connell Biehn (The Abyss, Aliens, The Art of War, Clockstoppers, Coach, The Fan, Jade, The Lords of Discipline, Megiddo: The Omega Code, Navy SEALS, The Rock, Saving Grace, The Seventh Sign, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Tombstone) was born on July 31, 1956.

Dennis Dirk Blocker, American actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Marcus Welby MD, Pink Cadillac, Poltergeist, Prince of Darkness and Short Cuts), was born on July 31, 1957.

American actor Dean George Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story, Rat Race, Ripley's Believe It or Not, The Runaway and Smallville), was born on July 31, 1966.

British rock drummer Will Champion (Coldplay) was born on July 31, 1978.

American actress Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (Age of Innocence, Bolero, Bridge of San Luis Rey, Cousin Bette, Heidi, Home for the Holidays, Jane Eyre, Mother Theresa: In the Name of God's Poor and Three Musketeers) was born on July 31, 1944.

James (Jim) Steven Ignatius Corr, Irish rock guitarist (The Corrs), was born on July 31, 1964.

American actress Susan Flannery (Dallas, The Gumball Rally, The Moneychangers and The Towering Inferno) was born on July 31, 1945.

Karl Anthony Green, British guitarist, vocalist and harmonica player (Herman's Hermits), was born on July 31, 1947.

American actor Loren Dean Jovicic (Apollo 13, Billy Bathgate, Bones, Enemy of the State, How to Make an American Quilt, Mrs. Winterbourne, Say Anything and Starstruck) was born on July 31, 1969.

Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (Culpepper Cattle Company, The Devil's Rejects, Dillinger, Every Which Way But Loose, High Plains Drifter, The Man Without a Face, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Pink Cadillac, Return of a Man Called Horse and Tango and Cash) and musician (Celestial Navigations), was born on July 31, 1935.

American musician Gary Harold Lee (Gary Lewis) Levitch (Gary Lewis and the Playboys) was born on July 31, 1945.

Eric Lawrence Lively, American actor (American Pie, The Butterfly Effect 2, The L Word, So Weird and Speak), was born on July 31, 1981.

American Christian rock musician Krystal Meyers ("Anticonformity," "Beauty of Grace," "Collide," "Hallelujah," "Make Some Noise" and "Shine") was born on July 31, 1988.

Donald (Don) Patrick Murray, American actor (Advise and Consent, Baby the Rain Must Fall, Bus Stop, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Endless Love, How the West Was Won, Justin Morgan Had a Horse, Knots Landing, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Stepford Children and Wings), was born on July 31, 1929.

American actor James Christopher Read (American Dreams, Beaches, Charmed, Eight Men Out, Indiscreet, Legally Blonde 2; Red White and Blonde, A Lot Like Love, North and South, Not Another Teen Movie, Shell Game and Wildfire) was born on July 31, 1953.

Wesley Trent Snipes, American film director and actor (Demolition Man, Jungle Fever, Major League, Mo' Better Blues, New Jack City, Passenger 57, Rising Sun, Streets of Gold, Sugar Hill, To Wong Fu: Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, US Marshalls, White Men Can't Jump and Wildcats), was born on July 31, 1962.

Tami Stronach, Irani actress (The Neverending Story), was born on July 31, 1972.

American actor Barry Van Dyke (Airwolf, Diagnosis: Murder, Galactica 1980 and Murder 101) was born on July 31, 1951.

France Nguyen Van-Nga, French-Vietnamese actress (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Diamond Head, I Spy, The Joy Luck Club, Satan Never Sleeps, South Pacific and The World of Suzie Wong), was born on July 31, 1939.

Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), was born on July 31, 1946.

July 31th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Gabriel Cramer, Swiss physicist and mathematician ("Cramer's Paradox" and "Cramer's Rule") was born on July 31, 1704.

Primo Michele Levi, Italian chemist and writer (The Reawakening and Survival in Auschwitz), was born on July 31, 1919.

Irish geologist Richard Dixon Oldham, known primarily for investigating the earth's molten core, was born on July 31, 1858.

July 31th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

American civil rights leader and National Urban League director Whitney M. Young. Jr., was born on July 31, 1921.

Happy Birthday, July 31th.

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