Celebrity Birthdays August 31st:

Entertainment:

Chris Tucker is an actor known for the movies “Rush Hour” franchise and “Silver Linings Playbook”.

Richard Gere is an actor known for the movies “Chicago” and “Pretty Woman”.

Sara Ramirez attends the premiere of HBO’s “And Just Like That” at the Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Sara Ramirez is an actress known for the TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Sofia the First”.

Jaylen Barron is an actress known for the TV shows “Free Rein” and “Twelve Forever”.

Dee Bradley Baker is an actor known for the TV shows “American Dad” and “Phineas and Ferb”.

December 1, 2018 – Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland – Ryan Kelley auf der 4. German Comic Con Dortmund 2018 in den Westfalenhallen. Dortmund, 01.12.2018 (Credit Image: © Future-Image via ZUMA Press) (Newscom TagID: zumaamericastwentytwo540278.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

Ryan Kelley is an actor known for the TV show “Teen Wolf” and the movie “Realms”.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 09: Shar Jackson attends the BoxLunch Gala Honoring Feed America at City Market Social House on November 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images)

Shar Jackson is an actress known for the TV shows “Moesha” and “According to Him + Her”.

Stephen Henderson is an actor known for the movies “Dune” and “Lady Bird”.

Barnyard Dawg is a Looney Tunes character who is a feisty anthropomorphic basset hound, he is a friend and the archenemy of Foghorn Leghorn. He was created by Robert McKimson, who also created Foghorn, and was voiced by Mel Blanc. Dawg also feuds with other notable Looney Tunes characters as well, such as Henery Hawk, Daffy Duck and Sylvester. 

Debbie Gibson is a singer-songwriter-actress who released her debut album Out of the Blue (1987) at age 16, writing and largely producing the material. The album spawned several international hits, later being certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. One of those singles, “Foolish Beat”, made Gibson the youngest female artist to write, produce, and perform a Billboard Hot 100 number-one single.

Van Morrison is a singer-songwriter-musician who began performing as a teenager in the late 1950s, playing a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Belfast R&B band Them, with whom he wrote and recorded “Gloria”, which became a garage band staple. His solo career started under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single “Brown Eyed Girl” in 1967.

Sports:

Hockey:

Scott Niedermayer is a Hall of Fame defensemen who won one Conn Smythe Trophy, one James Norris Memorial Trophy, made five All-Star teams and won four Stanley Cup Championships.

Football:

Sauce Gardner is a cornerback for the New York Jets who has made two Pro-Bowls and won Rookie of the Year.

Larry Fitzgerald is a former wide receiver who made eleven Pro-Bowls and made one First-Team All-Pro.

Basketball:

Jalen Brunson is a guard for the New York Knicks who has made one All-Star team and has made one All-NBA Second-Team.

Jennifer Azzi is a former guard who won three Gold Medals and won two Bronze Medals plus one Silver Medal.

Baseball:

Hideo Nomo is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won Rookie of the Year.

Von Hayes is a former outfielder who made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Tom Candiotti, Cleo James, Ramon Webster, Tom Dukes, Boots Day, Juan Bernhardt, Bill Nahorodny, Jack Perconte, Morris Madden, Mike Hartley, Greg Tubbs, Jeff Frye, Stan Royer, Pat Howell, Nate Minchey, Jason Gilfillan, Tim Drew, Ramon Santiago, Clay Hensley, Shane Loux, Tim Raines Jr, Dennis Dove, Ramon Ramirez, Josh Kroeger, Armando Gabino, Juan Nicasio, Stephen Cardullo, Steve Johnson, Caleb Gindl, Matt Adams, Austin Pruitt, John Hicks, Erik Gonzalez, Ricardo Rodriguez, Dillon Peters & Ronel Blanco!

In Memoriam:

Sports:

Football:

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Jim Fassel was a head coach who won Coach of the Year once and won two UFL Championships.

Hockey:

Jean Beliveau was a Hall of Fame center who won one Art Toss Trophy, one Conn Smythe Trophy, two Hart Memorial Memorial Trophies, made thirteen All-Star teams and won seventeen Stanley Cup Championships with the Montreal Canadians.

Baseball:

Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame outfielder who made fourteen All-Star teams and won two World Series Championships with the Baltimore Orioles.

Ray Dandridge was a Hall of Fame third basemen who made three Negro League All-Star teams and won one American Association MVP.

Eddie Plank was a Hall of Fame pitcher who won three World Series Championships with the Philadelphia Athletics.

Claudell Washington was an outfielder who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1974 with the Oakland Athletics.