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Notable Birthdays for August 30

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Those born on this date include:

- English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Frankenstein) in 1797
- Louisiana Gov. Huey Long in 1893
- journalist/author John Gunther and civil rights leader Roy Wilkins, both in 1901
- actors Raymond Massey in 1896, Shirley Booth in 1898, Joan Blondell in 1906 and Fred MacMurray in 1908
- baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams in 1918
- country music singer Kitty Wells in 1919
- businessman Warren Buffett in 1930 (age 84)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member John Phillips (The Mamas and the Papas) in 1935
- actor Elizabeth Ashley in 1939 (age 75)
- French Olympic champion skier Jean-Claude Killy and cartoonist Robert Crumb, both in 1943 (age 71)
- newspaper columnist Molly Ivins in 1944
- comedian Lewis Black in 1948 (age 66)
- basketball Hall of Fame member Robert Parish in 1953 (age 61)
- actors Peggy Lipton in 1946 (age 68), Timothy Bottoms in 1951 (age 63), Michael Chiklis in 1963 (age 51), Michael Michele in 1966 (age 48) and Cameron Diaz in 1972 (age 42)
- and tennis player Andy Roddick in 1982 (age 32).

 


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