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Famous birthdays for Aug. 25: Blake Lively, Alexander Skarsgard

By UPI Staff
Blake Lively attends the 43rd annual People's Choice Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on January 18. The actor turns 30 on August 25. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Blake Lively attends the 43rd annual People's Choice Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on January 18. The actor turns 30 on August 25. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo.

They include:

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-- Czar Ivan IV ("Ivan the Terrible") of Russia, in 1530

-- Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1918

-- Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1919

-- Monty Hall, host of Let's Make A Deal, in 1921 (age 96)

-- Tennis champion Althea Gibson in 1927

-- Actor Sean Connery in 1930 (age 87)

-- TV personality Regis Philbin in 1931 (age 86)

-- Actor Tom Skerritt in 1933 (age 84)

-- Writer Frederick Forsyth in 1938 (age 79)

-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Rollie Fingers in 1946 (age 71)

-- Writer Martin Amis in 1949 (age 68)

-- Actor John Savage in 1949 (age 68)

-- Rock singer Gene Simmons of Kiss in 1949 (age 68)

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-- Singer/songwriter Elvis Costello in 1954 (age 63)

-- Film director Tim Burton in 1958 (age 59)

-- Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus in 1961 (age 56)

-- Actor Ally Walker in 1961 (age 56)

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-- Actor Blair Underwood in 1964 (age 53)

-- Actor Tom Hollander in 1967 (age 50)

-- Television cook Rachael Ray in 1968 (age 49)

-- Supermodel Claudia Schiffer in 1970 (age 47)

-- Actor Alexander Skarsgard in 1976 (age 41)

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-- Actor Kelly Mitchell in 1978 (age 39)

-- Actor Rachel Bilson in 1981 (age 36)

-- Actor Blake Lively in 1987 (age 30)

-- Actor China Anne McClain in 1998 (age 19)

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