Celebrity Birthdays January 31st

Hard-throwing righty Nolan Ryan pitched for several teams throughout his 27-year career in Major League Baseball. An eight-time All-Star, Ryan racked up 5,718 career strikeoutsthe most in baseball history. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. 64 years old today, Ryan is currently part-owner and team president of the Texas Rangers.

One of the most influential living music composers, Philip Glass broke barriers with his innovative, minimalist film scores and orchestrations. His repetitive structures had a hypnotic effect, meshing well with the visual elements of fictional films and documentaries alike. In addition to film scores, Glass has composed operas, musical theater works, eight symphonies, ten concertos, solo works, and string quartets. He has collaborated with the most prominent visual artists, filmmakers, and choreographers of our time. Glass is 74 today.