January 31st is the birthday

… of Carol Channing. Broadway’s Dolly Gallagher Levi is 86.

… of Norman Mailer. He’s 84. Here’s what NewMexiKen posted before on Mailer’s birthday.

… of Jean Simmons. The actress (The Robe, Spartacus, Elmer Gantry) is 78. Miss Simmons was twice nominated for an Oscar; Hamlet (supporting) and The Happy Ending (leading).

… of Ernie Banks. The baseball hall-of-famer is 76. Let’s play two.

… of composer Philip Glass. He’s 70.

As is, Suzanne Pleshette, Emily on the ”The Bob Newhart Show” and Annie (the teacher) in The Birds.

… of Nolan Ryan. The baseball hall-of-famer is 60.

Minnie Driver is 37. Justin Timberlake is 26.

Thomas Merton was born on this date in 1915. Here’s a previous entry for Merton.

And Pearl Zane Grey, the first American millionaire author, was born on this date in 1872. Here’s a previous entry on Grey.