Births on 31 January
2000s
Sára Bejlek
2006
Czech tennis player (born 2006)
Gianluca Prestianni
2006
Argentine footballer (born 2006)
Hong Ye-ji
2002
South Korean actress (born 2002)
Beñat Turrientes
2002
Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Julián Alvarez
2000
Argentine footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Beto (footballer, born 1998)
1998
Portugal-born Bissau-Guinean footballer (born 1998)
Jalen McDaniels
1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Arnaut Danjuma
1997
Netherlands international footballer (born 1997)
Donte DiVincenzo
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Miyeon
1997
South Korean singer and actress (born 1997)
Joel Courtney
1996
American actor (born 1996)
Nikita Dragun
1996
American internet personality (born 1996)
Kenneth Zohore
1994
Danish professional footballer (born 1994)
Qiu Bo
1993
Chinese diver (born 1993)
Tyler Seguin
1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Cro (musician)
1990
German rapper (born 1990)
Nicolás Laprovíttola
1990
Argentine basketball player (born 1990)
Tommy La Stella
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Brett Pitman
1988
Jèrriais footballer (born 1988)
Taijo Teniste
1988
Estonian footballer
Marcus Mumford
1987
American-born British musician (born 1987)
Walter Dix
1986
American sprinter (born 1986)
Megan Ellison
1986
American film producer from California
George Elokobi
1986
Cameroonian footballer (born 1986)
Yves Ma-Kalambay
1986
Footballer (born 1986)
Pauline Parmentier
1986
French tennis player (born 1986)
Adam Federici
1985
Australian footballer (born 1985)
Vernon Davis
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Mikhail Grabovski
1984
German-born Belarusian ice hockey player
Fabio Quagliarella
1983
Italian footballer (born 1983)
Maret Ani
1982
Estonian tennis player (born 1982)
Allan McGregor
1982
Scottish footballer (born 1982)
Jānis Sprukts
1982
Latvian ice hockey player
Julio Arca
1981
Argentine footballer
Mark Cameron (cricketer)
1981
Australian former cricketer
Gemma Collins
1981
English media personality and businesswoman (born 1981)
Justin Timberlake
1981
American singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1981)
James Adomian
1980
American comedian and actor (born 1980)
Gary Doherty
1980
Irish footballer (born 1980)
Shim Yi-young
1980
South Korean actress (born 1980)
Clarissa Ward
1980
British-American television journalist (born 1980)
Daniel Tammet
1979
British writer and savant (born 1979)
Fabián Caballero
1978
Argentine-Paraguayan footballer (1978–2024)
Bobby Moynihan
1977
American comedian and actor (born 1977)
Kerry Washington
1977
American actress (born 1977)
Traianos Dellas
1976
Greek footballer and manager
Buddy Rice
1976
American racing driver
Preity Zinta
1975
Indian actress (born 1975)
Othella Harrington
1974
American basketball player and coach (born 1974)
Ariel Pestano
1974
Cuban baseball player (born 1974)
Portia de Rossi
1973
Australian-American actress (born 1973)
Patricia Velásquez
1971
Venezuelan actress, model, and humanitarian advocate
Minnie Driver
1970
British-American actress (born 1970)
Danny Michel
1970
Canadian songwriter and producer (born 1970)
Dov Charney
1969
Canadian entrepreneur (born 1969)
Daniel Moder
1969
American cinematographer (born 1969)
John Collins (footballer, born 1968)
1968
Scottish footballer and manager
Matt King (comedian)
1968
British actor, comedian and writer
Ulrica Messing
1968
Swedish politician (born 1968)
Patrick Stevens
1968
Belgian sprinter
Fat Mike
1967
American musician (born 1967)
Dexter Fletcher
1966
British actor and director
Thant Myint-U
1966
Writer and historian
Greece men's national basketball team
1965
Men's national basketball team representing Greece
Ofra Harnoy
1965
Israeli-born Canadian cellist
Peter Sagal
1965
NPR personality, host of "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" (born 1965)
Martha MacCallum
1964
American news host and anchor (born 1964)
Dawn Prince-Hughes
1964
American anthropologist, primatologist, author
Gwen Graham
1963
American lawyer and politician (born 1963)
Bruce McGuire
1962
Australia international rugby league footballer
Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker
1961
British peer (born 1961)
Fatou Bensouda
1961
Gambian lawyer (born 1961)
Lloyd Cole
1961
English singer-songwriter (born 1961)
Akbar Ganji
1960
Iranian journalist
Grant Morrison
1960
Scottish comic book writer and playwright (born 1960)
Željko Šturanović
1960
Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2006 to 2008
Anthony LaPaglia
1959
Australian actor (born 1959)
Kelly Lynch
1959
American actress (born 1959)
Armin Reichel
1958
German footballer
Shirley Babashoff
1957
American swimmer
John Lydon
1956
British punk rock singer (born 1956)
Guido van Rossum
1956
Dutch programmer and creator of Python (born 1956)
Virginia Ruzici
1955
Romanian tennis player
Faoud Bacchus
1954
Guyanese cricketer
Adrian Vandenberg
1954
Dutch guitarist (born 1954)
Harry Wayne Casey
1951
American musician and record producer (born 1951)
Denise Fleming
1950
American writer
Alexander Korzhakov
1950
Russian former KGB general
Janice Rebibo
1950
American poet
Johan Derksen
1949
Dutch footballer and journalist (born 1949)
Norris Church Mailer
1949
American writer; widow of Norman Mailer (1949–2010)
Ken Wilber
1949
American writer and public speaker
Volkmar Groß
1948
German footballer (1948–2014)
Muneo Suzuki
1948
Japanese politician (born 1948)
Jonathan Banks
1947
American actor (born 1947)
Matt Minglewood
1947
Canadian musician
Nolan Ryan
1947
American baseball player (born 1947)
Glynn Turman
1947
American actor (born 1947)
Mike Carlton
1946
Australian media commentator and author
Terry Kath
1946
American guitarist and singer (1946–1978)
Medin Zhega
1946
Albanian footballer and manager
Rynn Berry
1945
American historian of vegetarianism
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
1945
British judge (born 1945)
Joseph Kosuth
1945
American conceptual artist
John Inverarity
1944
Australian cricketer
Charlie Musselwhite
1944
American blues musician (born 1944)
Daniela Bianchi
1942
Italian actress (born 1942)
Derek Jarman
1942
British film director and artist (1942–1994)
Len Chappell
1941
American basketball player (1941–2018)
Dick Gephardt
1941
American attorney, lobbyist and politician (born 1941)
Gerald McDermott
1941
American film director, children's writer and illustrator
Jessica Walter
1941
American actress (1941–2021)
Kitch Christie
1940
South African rugby union coach (1940–1998)
Stuart Margolin
1940
American actor, director, and writer (1940–2022)
Beatrix of the Netherlands
1938
Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013
Lynn Carlin
1938
American actress
James G. Watt
1938
American politician (1938–2023)
Regimantas Adomaitis
1937
Lithuanian film and stage actor (1937–2022)
Andrée Boucher
1937
Canadian politician (1937–2007)
Philip Glass
1937
American composer (born 1937)
Suzanne Pleshette
1937
American actress (1937–2008)
Can Bartu
1936
Turkish footballer and basketball player (1936–2019)
Franz Ceska
1936
Austrian diplomat (1936–2026)
Kenzaburō Ōe
1935
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
Ernesto Brambilla
1934
Italian motorcycle racer and racing driver (1934–2020)
James Franciscus
1934
American actor (1934–1991)
Camille Henry
1933
Canadian ice hockey player (1933–1997)
Morton Mower
1933
American cardiologist and inventor (1933–2022)
Miron Babiak
1932
Polish sea captain
Ernie Banks
1931
American baseball player (1931–2015)
Christopher Chataway
1931
British runner, broadcaster and politician (1931–2014)
Jo Bonnier
1930
Swedish racing driver (1930–1972)
Al De Lory
1930
American record producer, arranger, and musician (1930–2012)
Rudolf Mössbauer
1929
German physicist (1929–2011)
Jean Simmons
1929
British actress (1929–2010)
Irma Wyman
1928
American computer scientist (1928–2015)
Norm Prescott
1927
American producer (1927–2005)
Julian Wojtkowski
1927
Polish Roman Catholic bishop (1927–2026)
Tom Alston
1926
American baseball player (1926–1993)
Chuck Willis
1926
American R&B singer-songwriter (1926–1958)
Benjamin Hooks
1925
American civil rights leader and minister
Norman Mailer
1923
American writer (1923–2007)
Joanne Dru
1922
American actress (1922–1996)
John Agar
1921
American actor (1921–2002)
Carol Channing
1921
American actress (1921–2019)
E. Fay Jones
1921
American architect (1921–2004)
Mario Lanza
1921
American tenor and actor (1921–1959)
Stewart Udall
1920
American politician (1920–2010)
Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920)
1920
English footballer (1920-2014)
Jackie Robinson
1919
American baseball player (1919–1972)
Bobby Hackett
1915
American jazz trumpeter (1915–1976)
Alan Lomax
1915
American musicologist (1915–2002)
Jersey Joe Walcott
1914
American boxer (1914–1994)
Don Hutson
1913
American football player and coach (1913–1997)
Miron Grindea
1909
Romanian literary journalist and magazine editor (1909–1995)
John O'Hara
1905
American novelist and short story writer (1905–1970)
Nat Bailey
1902
American-born Canadian restaurateur
Tallulah Bankhead
1902
American actress (1902–1968)
Alva Myrdal
1902
Swedish sociologist and politician (1902–1986)
Julian Steward
1902
American anthropologist (1902 – 1972)
Betty Parsons
1900
American artist, art dealer, and collector
1800s
Sofya Yanovskaya
1896
Russian mathematician (1896-1966)
Isham Jones
1894
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter (1894–1956)
Eddie Cantor
1892
American comedian and actor (1892–1964)
Frank Foster (cricketer)
1889
English cricketer (1889–1958)
Theodor Heuss
1884
President of West Germany from 1949 to 1959
Mahammad Amin Rasulzade
1884
Azerbaijani politician (1884–1955)
Irving Langmuir
1881
American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)
Marta Sandal
1878
Norwegian singer (1878–1930)
Mette Bull
1876
Norwegian actress (1876–1946)
Zane Grey
1872
American novelist (1872–1939)
Theodore William Richards
1868
American chemist and Nobel laureate (1868–1928)
Henri Desgrange
1865
French cyclist and journalist
Shastriji Maharaj
1865
Indian spiritual leader
David Emmanuel (mathematician)
1854
Romanian Jewish mathematician and member of the Romanian Academy
Lunalilo
1835
King of Hawaii from 1873 to 1874
William B. Washburn
1820
American businessman and politician
Before 1800
Rodolphe Töpffer
1799
Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (1799–1846
Christine Genast
1798
German actress, singer and pianist (1798–1860)
Franz Schubert
1797
Austrian composer (1797–1828)
Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová
1785
Czech cookery writer
André-Jacques Garnerin
1769
French balloonist and inventor of the frameless parachute (1769–1823)
François Devienne
1759
French composer and professor
Gouverneur Morris
1752
American Founding Father and politician
Hans Egede
1686
Norwegian priest and missionary
Louis de Montfort
1673
French religious priest and saint
Arnold Geulincx
1624
Philosopher
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
1607
English nobleman and politician (1607–1651)
John Francis Regis
1597
French Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic saint
Peter Bulkley
1583
English and later American Puritan
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1543
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605
Henry, King of Portugal
1512
Cardinal; King of Portugal from 1578 to 1580