Famous birthdays for July 31: J.K. Rowling, Mark Cuban

July 31 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.

They include:

-- Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill in 1837

-- Kmart founder S.S. Kresge in 1867

-- Pollster Elmo Burns Roper Jr. in 1900

-- Actor France Nuyen in 1939 (age 78)

-- Actor Geraldine Chaplin in 1944 (age 73)

-- Musician Gary Lewis in 1946 (age 71)

-- Actor Richard Griffiths in 1947

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-- Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1951 (age 66)

-- Businessman/NBA team owner Mark Cuban in 1958 (age 59)

-- Actor Wesley Snipes in 1962 (age 55)

-- Actor Dean Cain in 1966 (age 51)

-- Author J.K. Rowling in 1965 (age 52)

-- Country singer Zac Brown in 1978 (age 39)

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-- Actor BJ Novak in 1979 (age 38)

-- Hockey player Evgeni Malkin in 1986 (age 31)

-- Baseball Jose Fernandez in 1992

-- Actor Rico Rodriguez in 1998 (age 19)

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