Bancroft, Anne (September 17)
Mrs. Robinson in the movie The Graduate
Famous People Born in 1931
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Castro, Raul (June 3)
The president of Cuba, 2008-18 -
Colson, Charles "Chuck" (October 16)
The jailed Watergate conspirator who became an evangelical Christian leader -
Dass, Ram (April 6)
The LSD guy from the 1960s who wrote 'Be Here Now' -
Dean, James (February 8)
Movie icon and star of Rebel Without a Cause -
Dickinson, Angie (September 30)
Star of the TV show Police Woman -
Doctorow, E.L. (January 6)
The author of the 1975 novel Ragtime -
Duvall, Robert (January 5)
Oscar-winning star of Tender Mercies -
Ellsberg, Daniel (April 7)
The whistleblower who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 -
Gilberto, João (June 10)
The Brazilian guitarist who did "The Girl From Ipanema" -
Goldman, William (August 12)
The writer of The Princess Bride and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
Gorbachev, Mikhail (March 2)
The Nobel Prize-winning last leader of the Soviet Union -
Hagman, Larry (September 21)
J.R. Ewing on the TV show Dallas -
Hart, Johnny (February 18)
Creator of the strip B.C. -
Hines, Connie (March 24)
Wilbur's wife on the sitcom Mister Ed -
Holm, Ian (September 12)
Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings movies -
Hunter, Tab (July 11)
The blonde box office idol of the 1950s who also sang "Young Love" -
Jones, George (September 12)
The country music legend who sang "He Stopped Loving Her Today" -
Jones, James Earl (January 17)
The voice of Darth Vader -
Jones, Jim (May 13)
Christian preacher who led 908 followers to their deaths -
Le Carré, John (October 19)
The author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold -
Mantle, Mickey (October 20)
New York Yankee slugger -
Mays, Willie (May 6)
The All-Star center fielder called the Say Hey Kid -
McPhee, John (March 8)
The creative non-fiction legend who wrote 'Annals of the Former World' -
Milner, Martin (December 28)
The veteran cop from TV's Adam-12 -
Moreno, Rita (December 11)
Anita in the 1961 version of 'West Side Story' -
Morrison, Toni (February 18)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Beloved -
Munro, Alice (July 10)
Canadian writer of The Love of a Good Woman stories -
Murdoch, Rupert (March 11)
The power behind the News Corporation media empire -
Nichols, Mike (November 6)
The director of The Graduate -
Nimoy, Leonard (March 26)
Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek -
Novak, Robert (February 26)
Political columnist and former co-host of TV's Crossfire -
Philbin, Regis (August 25)
Host of the TV morning show Live With Regis And..., 1988-2011 -
Rather, Dan (October 31)
Anchor for TV's The CBS Evening News, 1981-2005 -
Reilly, Charles Nelson (January 13)
The wackiest panelist on TV's Match Game -
Safer, Morley (November 8)
The Canadian '60 Minutes' co-host who reported on Vietnam -
Shatner, William (March 22)
Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise -
Shoemaker, Willie (August 19)
Four-time Kentucky Derby winner who later was paralyzed -
Smith, Dean (February 28)
The basketball coach at UNC, 1961-97 -
Torn, Rip (February 6)
Artie from 'Larry Sanders' and Zed from 'Men in Black' -
Tutu, Desmond (October 7)
The bishop who won a Nobel prize for opposing apartheid -
Van Dyke, Jerry (July 27)
The co-star of the TV series Coach -
Willis, Gordon (May 28)
The cinematographer of The Godfather movies -
Wolfe, Tom (March 2)
The author of 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' and 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' -
Yeltsin, Boris (February 1)
The first post-Gorbachev president of Russia