Famous birthdays for Oct. 31: Dan Rather, Willow Smith

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

They include:

-- Dutch painter Jan Vermeer in 1632

-- English poet John Keats in 1795

-- Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low in 1860

-- Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, the first leader of Nationalist China, in 1887

-- Actor/singer Ethel Waters in 1896

-- Actor Lee Grant in 1927 (age 90)

-- Astronaut Michael Collins in 1930 (age 87)

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-- Former TV news anchorman Dan Rather in 1931 (age 86)

-- Actor/director Michael Landon in 1936

-- Folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton in 1937 (age 80)

-- Actor David Ogden Stiers in 1942 (age 75)

-- Actor Brian Doyle-Murray in 1945 (age 72)

-- Actor Stephen Rea in 1946 (age 71)

-- Actor Deidre Hall in 1947 (age 70)

-- Actor John Candy in 1950

-- Former Belgian politician and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in 1947 (age 70)

-- Olympic gold medal marathon runner Frank Shorter in 1947 (age 70)

-- Broadcaster Jane Pauley in 1950 (age 67)

-- Architect Zaha Hadid in 1950

-- Actor Ken Wahl in 1954 (age 63)

-- Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell in 1957 (age 60)

-- New Zealand director and producer Peter Jackson in 1961 (age 56)

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-- Actor Rob Schneider in 1963 (age 54)

-- Rapper Ad-Rock, born Adam Horovitz, in 1966 (age 51)

-- Rapper Vanilla Ice, born Robert Matthew Van Winkle, in 1967 (age 50)

-- Actor Piper Perabo in 1976 (age 41)

-- Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas in 1980 (age 37)

-- Actor Vanessa Marano in 1992 (age 25)

-- Actor Sydney Park in 1997 (age 20)

-- Singer Willow Smith in 2000 (age 17)

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