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Famous birthdays for May 31: Lea Thompson, Azealia Banks

By UPI Staff   |   Updated May 31, 2018 at 2:11 PM
Lea Thompson attends the premiere of "The Book of Henry" at the ArcLight in Culver City, Calif., on June 14, 2017. The actor turns 60 on May 31. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Clint Eastwood attends the premiere of "Richard Jewell" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on November 20, 2019. The actor/director turns 91 on May 31. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI. Brooke Shields arrives on the red carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" on May 7, 2018. The actor turns 56 on May 31. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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

They include:

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-- Genghis Khan, leader of the Mongol Empire, in 1162

-- Poet Walt Whitman in 1819

-- Surgeon William Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic, in 1819

-- Pope Pius XI in 1857

-- Radio humorist Fred Allen in 1894

-- Clergyman/author Norman Vincent Peale in 1898

-- Actor Don Ameche in 1908

-- Actor Denholm Elliott in 1922

-- Artist Ellsworth Kelly in 1923

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-- Prince Ranier of Monaco in 1923

-- Actor/director Clint Eastwood in 1930 (age 91)

-- Folk singer Peter Yarrow in 1938 (age 83)

-- Country singer Johnny Paycheck in 1938

-- British human rights activist Terry Waite in 1939 (age 82)

-- Actor Sharon Gless in 1943 (age 78)

-- Football Hall of Fame member Joe Namath in 1943 (age 78)

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-- British rock musician John Bonham in 1948

-- Actor Tom Berenger in 1949 (age 72)

-- Actor Gregory Harrison in 1950 (age 71)

-- Comedian/actor/writer Chris Elliott in 1960 (age 61)

-- Actor Lea Thompson in 1961 (age 60)

-- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 1963 (age 58)

-- Actor/model Brooke Shields in 1965 (age 56)

-- Actor Archie Panjabi in 1972 (age 49)

-- Actor Colin Farrell in 1976 (age 45)

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-- Actor Eric Christian Olsen in 1977 (age 44)

-- Actor Yael Grobglas in 1984 (age 37)

-- Rapper Waka Flocka Flame, born Juaquin James Malphurs, in 1986 (age 35)

-- Rapper Azealia Banks in 1991 (age 30)

-- Singer Normani Hamilton in 1996 (age 25)

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