Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 31:
Actress Lee Grant is 99.
Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 93.
Folk singer Tom Paxton is 87.
Actor Ron Rifkin ("Alias") is 86.
Actress Sally Kirkland is 83.
Actor Brian Doyle-Murray is 79.
Russ Ballard, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the 1970s rock group Argent, is 79.
Actor Stephen Rea ("The Crying Game," ''V For Vendetta") is 78.
Actress Deidre Hall ("Days Of Our Lives") is 77.
Olympic gold medal long-distance runner Frank Shorter is 77.
NBC anchorwoman Jane Pauley is 74.
Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell is 67.
Director Peter Jackson ("Lord of the Rings") is 63.
Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 is 63.
Guitarist Johnny Marr (Modest Mouse, The Smiths) is 61.
Actor Dermot Mulroney is 61.
Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead and of Scorpions is 61.
Actor Rob Schneider is 61.
Country singer Darryl Worley is 60.
Actor Mike O'Malley ("Glee") is 59.
Guitarist Adam Horovitz (a.k.a. Ad-Rock) of the Beastie Boys is 58.
Rock vocalist Annabella Lwin, formerly of Bow Wow Wow, is 58.
Musician Vanilla Ice (born Rob Van Winkle) is 57.
Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base is 54.
Reality TV host Troy Hartman is 53.
Gospel singer Smokie Norful is 49.
Actress Piper Perabo is 48.
Actor Brian Hallisay is 46.
Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas ("American Pie") is 44.
Actress Samaire Armstrong is 44.
Guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) is 43.
Actor Justin Chatwin ("American Gothic") is 42.
Actor Scott Clifton is 40.
Actress Vanessa Marano is 32.
Actress Holly Taylor is 27.
Singer-actress Willow Smith is 24.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1795, poet John Keats. (Feb. 23, 1821)
In 1896, Canadian dance band leader Gilbert Watson. (Aug. 12, 1959)
In 1908, Canadian peace activist Muriel Duckworth. (Aug. 22, 2009)
In 1912, Dale Evans - singer, actress and wife of Roy Rogers. (Feb. 7, 2001)
In 1920, author Dick Francis. (Feb. 14, 2010)
In 1922, actress Barbara Bel Geddes. (Aug. 8, 2005)
In 1925, writer Robin Moore. (Feb. 21, 2008)
In 1928, movie critic Andrew Sarris. (June 20, 2012)
In 1930, NASA astronaut Michael Collins. (Apr. 28, 2021)
In 1936, actor Michael Landon. (July 1, 1991)
In 1942, actor David Ogden Stiers ("MASH"). (March 3, 2018)
In 1943, football player Brian Piccolo. (June 16, 1970)
In 1950, Canadian comedian-actor John Candy. (March 4, 1994)
In 1952, musician and record producer Bernard Edwards. (April 18, 1996)
In 1967, musician Adam Schelsinger of Fountains of Wayne. (Apr. 1, 2020)
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