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Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 30: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is 95. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 86. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 84. Cartoonist Robert Crumb is 82.

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 30:

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is 95.

Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 86.

Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 84.

Cartoonist Robert Crumb is 82.

Olympic gold medal skier Jean-Claude Killy is 82.

Comedian Lewis Black ("The Daily Show") is 77.

Actor Timothy Bottoms is 74.

Basketball Hall-of-Famer Robert Parish is 72.

Actor David Paymer is 71.

Jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright is 68.

Actor Michael Chiklis ("The Fantastic Four," ''The Shield") is 62.

Actress Michael Michele ("ER," ''Homicide: Life On The Street") is 59.

Guitarist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid is 54.

Actress Cameron Diaz is 53.

TV personality Lisa Ling ("The View") is 52.

Actor Michael Gladis ("Reckless," ''Mad Men") is 48.

Actor Raul Castillo is 48.

Singer Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive is 40.

Guitarist Ryan Ross (Panic At The Disco) is 39.

Actress Johanna Braddy ("Quantico") is 38.

Actor Cameron Finley (“Leave It to Beaver”) is 38.

Singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha is 36.

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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1797, author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ("Frankenstein"). (Feb. 1, 1851)

In 1896, Canadian actor Raymond Massey. (July 23, 1983)

In 1898, actress Shirley Booth. (Oct. 16, 1992)

In 1902, Canadian music educator and administrator Arnold Walter. (Oct. 6, 1973)

In 1908, actor Fred McMurray. (Nov. 5, 1991)

In 1918, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams. (July 5, 2002)

In 1919, country singer Kitty Wells. (July 16, 2012)

In 1919, German opera director Wolfgang Warner. (March 21, 2010)

In 1921, Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee. (Feb. 1, 2012)

In 1922, opera singer Regina Resnik. (Aug. 8, 2013)

In 1924, fashion designer Geoffrey Beene. (Sept, 28, 2004)

In 1925, country singer "Papa" Joe Brown (The Family Brown). (May 30, 1986)

In 1927, actor Bill Daily ("I Dream of Jeannie," ''The Bob Newhart Show"). (Sept.4, 2018)

In 1935, musician John Phillips, the founder of "The Mamas and the Papas." (March 18, 2001)

In 1941, Jon Hager, who was half of the musical comedy duo "The Hager Twins." (Jan. 9, 2009)

In 1946, actress Peggy Lipton ("The Mod Squad"). (May 11, 2019)

In 1958, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. (Oct. 7, 2006)

In 1963, guitarist David Brockie (Odorous Urungus of shock-rock band Gwar). (March 23, 2014)

In 1975, singer Rich Cronin of LF0. (Sept. 8, 2010)

The Canadian Press