Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 23:
Actress Vera Miles is 95.
Actress Barbara Eden is 93.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen is 90.
Actor Richard Sanders ("WKRP In Cincinnati") is 84.
Ballet dancer Patricia McBride is 82.
Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 77.
Singer Linda Thompson is 77.
Actor David Robb ("Downton Abbey") is 77.
Country fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 75.
Actress Shelley Long is 75.
Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 75.
Actor-producer Mark Hudson is 73.
Queen Noor of Jordan is 73.
Actor Skipp Sudduth ("The Good Wife") is 68.
Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 63.
Actor Jay Mohr is 54.
Retired CFL quarterback Anthony Calvillo is 52.
Actor Ray Park ("X-Men," ''The Phantom Menace") is 50.
Actor Scott Caan is 48.
Country singer Shelly Fairchild is 47.
Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 46.
Actress Joanna Froggatt ("Downton Abbey") is 44.
Actress Annie Ilonzeh is 41.
Actress Kimberly Matula is 36.
Rapper Lil Yachty is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1843, Canadian newspaper publisher William Southam. (Feb. 27, 1932)
In 1912, singer-dancer-director Gene Kelly. (Feb. 2, 1996)
In 1913, bandleader Bob Crosby. (March 9, 1993)
In 1917, singing cowboy Tex Williams. (Oct. 11, 1985)
In 1925, film director Robert Mulligan ("To Kill a Mockingbird"). (Dec. 20, 2008)
In 1932, political satirist Mark Russell. (Mar. 30, 2023)
In 1936, singer Rudy Lewis (The Drifters). (May 20, 1964)
In 1945, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Rayfield Wright. (Apr. 7, 2022)
In 1946, drummer Keith Moon (The Who). (Sept. 7, 1978)
In 1951, Jimi Jamison, lead singer of Survivor. (Sept. 1, 2014)
In 1962, Tejano singer Emilio Navaira. (May 16, 2016)
In 1970, actor River Phoenix. (Oct. 31, 1993)
In 1978, NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant. (Jan. 26, 2020)
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