Famous birthdays for Sept. 20: George R.R. Martin, Gary Cole

Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo.

-- Novelist Upton Sinclair in 1878

-- Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse who pioneered the care of polio victims, in 1880

-- NASA mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in 1910

-- Actor Sophia Loren in 1934 (age 89)

-- Artist Dale Chihuly in 1941 (age 82)

-- Writer George R.R. Martin in 1948 (age 75)

-- Actor Gary Cole in 1956 (age 67)

-- Actor Kristen Johnston in 1967 (age 56)

-- Musician Gunnar Nelson in 1967 (age 56)

-- Actor Asia Argento in 1975 (age 48)

-- Actor Jon Bernthal in 1976 (age 47)

-- Musician Phillip Phillips in 1990 (age 33)

-- Actor Sammi Hanratty in 1995 (age 28)

-- Actor Jason Drucker in 2005 (age 18)