Notable Birthdays for July 31
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Author and jurist James Kent in 1763
- Confederate Army guerrilla leader William Quantrill in 1837
- Kmart founder S.S. Kresge in 1867
- pollster Elmo Burns Roper Jr. in 1900
- economist Milton Friedman and former TV talk-show host and columnist Irv Kupcinet, both in 1912
- sports announcer Curt Gowdy in 1919
- recording industry executive Ahmet Ertegun in 1923
- actors Don Murray in 1929 (age 85), Ted Cassidy in 1932
- France Nuyen in 1939 (age 75), Geraldine Chaplin in 1944 (age 70) and Richard Griffiths in 1947
- musicians Bob Welch in 1945 and Gary Lewis in 1946 (age 68)
- Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1951 (age 63)
- businessman and NBA team owner Mark Cuban in 1958 (age 56)
- actors Wesley Snipes in 1962 (age 52) and Dean Cain in 1966 (age 48)
- and author J.K. Rowling in 1965 (age 49).
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