Births on 31 July
2000s
Calvin Ramsay
2003
Scottish footballer (born 2003)
João Gomes (singer)
2002
Musical artist
Will Penisini
2002
Tonga rugby league footballer (born 2002)
Kim Sae-ron
2000
South Korean actress (2000–2025)
1900s
Rico Rodriguez (actor)
1998
American actor (born 1998)
Bobbi Althoff
1997
American podcaster and TikToker (born 1997)
Lil Uzi Vert
1995
American rapper and singer (born 1994)
Linus Ullmark
1993
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1993)
José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)
1992
Cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016)
Ryan Johansen
1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Kyle Larson
1992
American racing driver (born 1992)
Réka Luca Jani
1991
Hungarian tennis player (born 1991)
Victoria Azarenka
1989
Belarusian tennis player (born 1989)
Alex Glenn
1988
Cook Islands and New Zealand international rugby league footballer
A. J. Green
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Michael Bradley (soccer)
1987
American soccer player (born 1987)
Evgeni Malkin
1986
Russian ice hockey player (born 1986)
Brian Orakpo
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Daniel Ciofani
1985
Italian footballer (born 1985)
Rémy Di Gregorio
1985
French road bicycle racer
Anabel Medina Garrigues
1982
Spanish tennis player and coach
DeMarcus Ware
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Titus Bramble
1981
English footballer
Vernon Carey
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Paul Whatuira
1981
New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Mikko Hirvonen
1980
Finnish rally driver (born 1980)
Mils Muliaina
1980
New Zealand international rugby union player
Jaco Erasmus
1979
Rugby player
J. J. Furmaniak
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Per Krøldrup
1979
Danish footballer (born 1979)
Carlos Marchena
1979
Spanish footballer (born 1979)
B. J. Novak
1979
American actor (born 1979)
Zac Brown Band
1978
American country music band
Will Champion
1978
English drummer (born 1978)
Nick Sorensen
1978
American football player and coach (born 1978)
Justin Wilson (racing driver)
1978
British racing driver (1978–2015)
Joshua Cain
1976
American musician
Paulo Wanchope
1976
Costa Rican footballer (born 1976)
Randy Flores
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Andrew Hall
1975
South African cricketer
Gabe Kapler
1975
American baseball player, manager, and executive (born 1975)
Emilia Fox
1974
British actress and presenter (born 1974)
Leona Naess
1974
English singer
Jonathan Ogden
1974
American football player (born 1974)
Nathan Brown (rugby league, born 1973)
1973
Australian RL coach and former professional rugby league footballer
Gus Frerotte
1971
American football player (born 1971)
Ahmad Akbarpour
1970
Iranian writer
Ben Chaplin
1970
British actor (b. 1969)
Andrzej Kobylański
1970
Polish footballer (born 1970)
Giorgos Sigalas
1970
Greek coach and retired basketball player (born 1971)
Antonio Conte
1969
Italian football manager (born 1969)
Loren Dean
1969
American actor
Kenneth D. Schisler
1969
American politician
Saeed-Al-Saffar
1968
Emirati cricketer (born 1968)
Julian Richards (director)
1968
Welsh film director
Tony Massenburg
1967
American basketball player (born 1967)
Tim Wright (Welsh musician)
1967
Welsh video game music composer
Dean Cain
1966
American actor (born 1966)
Scott Brooks
1965
American basketball player and coach
John Laurinaitis
1965
American professional wrestler and business executive
Ian Roberts (rugby league)
1965
Australian rugby league footballer, and actor
J. K. Rowling
1965
British author (born 1965)
Jim Corr
1964
Irish musician (born 1964)
Urmas Hepner
1964
Estonian footballer
Fatboy Slim
1963
English musician (born 1963)
Fergus Henderson
1963
English chef
Brian Skrudland
1963
Canadian ice hockey player
John Chiang (California politician)
1962
American politician (born 1962)
Kevin Greene
1962
American football player and coach (1962–2020)
Wesley Snipes
1962
American actor (born 1962)
Frank Gardner (journalist)
1961
English journalist and novelist (born 1961)
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
1961
Emir of Kano, 2014–2020; since 2024
Dale Hunter
1960
Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
Malcolm Ross (musician)
1960
Scottish guitarist
Stanley Jordan
1959
American jazz guitarist
Andrew Marr
1959
British journalist (born 1959)
Kim Newman
1959
English writer and novelist (born 1959)
Bill Berry
1958
American drummer (born 1958)
Mark Cuban
1958
American businessman (born 1958)
Suzanne Giraud
1958
French music educator and composer (b.1958)
Daniel Ash
1957
English singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
Mark Thompson (media executive)
1957
British–American media executive (born 1957)
Michael Biehn
1956
American actor (born 1956)
Bill Callahan (American football coach)
1956
American football coach (born 1956)
Ron Kuby
1956
American lawyer
Deval Patrick
1956
Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015
Lynne Rae Perkins
1956
American writer and illustrator of children's books
Lynja
1956
American online celebrity chef (1956–2024)
Derek Smith (ice hockey, born 1954)
1954
Canadian ice hockey player
Ted Baillieu
1953
Premier of Victoria from 2010 to 2013
Jimmy Cook
1953
South African cricketer (born 1953)
Hugh McDowell
1953
English cellist (1953–2018)
Chris Ahrens (ice hockey)
1952
American ice hockey player (b. 1952)
Alan Autry
1952
American football player, politician and actor (born 1952)
Helmuts Balderis
1952
Soviet-Latvian ice hockey player (born 1952)
João Barreiros
1952
Portuguese science fiction writer, editor, translator and critic
Faye Kellerman
1952
American novelist (born 1952)
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1951
Australian tennis player
Richard Berry (actor)
1950
French actor (born 1950)
Mike Jackson (basketball)
1949
American basketball player (born 1949)
Alan Meale
1949
British politician
Russell Morris
1948
Australian singer-songwriter (born 1948)
Herman's Hermits
1947
English beat rock band
Richard Griffiths
1947
English actor (1947–2013)
Mumtaz (Indian actress)
1947
Indian actress (born 1947)
Hubert Védrine
1947
French politician (born 1947)
Ian Beck
1947
English children's illustrator and author
Gary Lewis (musician)
1946
American musician (born 1945)
Bill Weld
1945
American attorney and politician (born 1945)
Geraldine Chaplin
1944
American-born English actress (born 1944)
Jonathan Dimbleby
1944
British television presenter and journalist (born 1944)
Sherry Lansing
1944
American film studio executive (born 1944)
Robert C. Merton
1944
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1944)
David Norris (politician)
1944
Irish former politician, academic and civil rights activist (born 1944)
William Bennett
1943
3rd United States Secretary of Education
Lobo (musician)
1943
American singer-songwriter
Amarsinh Chaudhary
1941
Indian politician
Stanley R. Jaffe
1940
American film producer and director (1940–2025)
Steuart Bedford
1939
English orchestral and opera conductor and pianist (1939–2021)
Susan Flannery
1939
American actress (b. 1943)
France Nuyen
1939
French-American actress, model, and psychological counselor (born 1939)
Yvon Deschamps
1935
Canadian actor, author, and entertainment producer
Geoffrey Lewis (actor)
1935
American actor (1935–2015)
Cees Nooteboom
1933
Dutch novelist, poet and journalist (1933–2026)
Ted Cassidy
1932
American actor (1932–1979)
John Searle
1932
American philosopher (1932–2025)
Nick Bollettieri
1931
American tennis coach (1931–2022)
Kenny Burrell
1931
American jazz guitarist (born 1931)
Lynne Reid Banks
1929
British writer (1929–2024)
Gilles Carle
1929
Canadian filmmaker and painter (1928-2009)
Don Murray (actor)
1929
American actor (1929–2024)
José Santamaría
1929
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1929)
Bill Frenzel
1928
American politician (1928–2014)
Peter Nichols (playwright)
1927
English playwright (1927–2019)
Bernard Nathanson
1926
American physician, activist, and writer (1926–2011)
Hilary Putnam
1926
American mathematician and philosopher (1926–2016)
Carmel Quinn
1925
Irish-American singer and actress (1925–2021)
John Swainson
1925
American politician
Jimmy Evert
1924
American tennis player and coach
Ahmet Ertegun
1923
Turkish-American businessman (1923–2006)
Stephanie Kwolek
1923
American chemist who invented Kevlar (1923–2014)
Hank Bauer
1922
American baseball player and manager (1922–2007)
Peter Benenson
1921
British lawyer and human rights activist (1921–2005)
Donald Malarkey
1921
US army non-commissioned officer
Whitney Young
1921
American civil rights leader (1921–1971)
James E. Faust
1920
American Latter-day Saint religious leader
Hemu Adhikari
1919
Indian cricketer (1919–2003)
Curt Gowdy
1919
American sportscaster (1919–2006)
Primo Levi
1919
Italian Holocaust survivor and writer (1919–1987)
Paul D. Boyer
1918
American biochemist
Hank Jones
1918
American jazz pianist and bandleader (1918–2010)
Frank Renouf
1918
New Zealand stockbroker and financier
Sibte Hassan
1916
Billy Hitchcock
1916
American baseball player, manager, and executive (1916–2006)
Bill Todman
1916
American TV producer (1916–1979)
Paul J. Christiansen
1914
American conductor (1914–1997)
Mario Bava
1914
Italian filmmaker (1914–1980)
Louis de Funès
1914
French actor and comedian (1914–1983)
Bryan Hextall
1913
Canadian ice hockey player
Bill Brown (cricketer)
1912
Australian cricketer (1912–2008)
Milton Friedman
1912
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
Irv Kupcinet
1912
American columnist, broadcaster (1912–2003)
George Liberace
1911
Musical artist
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
1909
Austrian noble and political theorist (1909–1999)
Brett Halliday
1904
American novelist (1904–1977)
Gubby Allen
1902
English cricketer
Jean Dubuffet
1901
French painter and sculptor (1901–1985)
1800s
Fred Keenor
1894
Welsh footballer and manager (1894–1972)
Herbert W. Armstrong
1892
American evangelist (1892–1986)
Joseph Charbonneau
1892
Canadian archbishop
Hans Freyer
1887
German sociologist and philosopher (1887–1969)
Salvatore Maranzano
1886
Italian-American mob boss (1886–1931)
Fred Quimby
1886
American animation producer (1886–1965)
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
1884
German politician (1884–1945)
Ramón Fonst
1883
Cuban fencer (1883–1959)
Premchand
1880
Indian Hindustani writer (1880–1936)
Louisa Bolus
1877
South African botanist (1877–1970)
Jacques Villon
1875
French painter (1875–1963)
S. S. Kresge
1867
American businessman (1867–1966), founder of Kmart
Mary Vaux Walcott
1860
United States artist, photographer, botanist and naturalist
Richard Dixon Oldham
1858
British geologist
Marion Talbot
1858
American women's educator (1858–1948)
José Canalejas y Méndez
1854
Former Spanish Prime Minister (1854 – 1912)
Arthur Barclay
1854
President of Liberia from 1904 to 1912
Ignacio Cervantes
1847
Cuban pianist and composer (1847–1905)
Peter Rosegger
1843
Austrian writer and poet
Ignacio Andrade
1839
President of Venezuela (1839–1925)
William Quantrill
1837
American Confederate guerrilla leader (1837–1865)
Vasily Sleptsov
1836
Henri Brisson
1835
19th/20th-century French politician
Paul Du Chaillu
1835
French-American anthropologist, zoologist and traveler
Juhani Aataminpoika
1826
Finnish serial killer (1826–1854)
William S. Clark
1826
American chemist, botanist and college president (1826–1886)
George Henry Thomas
1816
American army general (1816–1870)
John Ericsson
1803
Swedish-American engineer (1803–1889)
Friedrich Wöhler
1800
German chemist (1800–1882)
Before 1800
Jean-Gaspard Deburau
1796
Czech-French mime
Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros
1777
Argentine statesman and priest (1777–1849)
Ignaz Anton von Indermauer
1759
Austrian aristocrat and statesman
Noël François de Wailly
1724
French grammarian and lexicographer (1724–1801)
John Canton
1718
British physicist (1718–1772)
Gabriel Cramer
1704
Genevan mathematician
Jean Denis Attiret
1702
French painter
Charles, Duke of Berry (1686–1714)
1686
Duke of Berry
Alessandro Algardi
1598
Italian sculptor (1598–1654)
Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
1595
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
1527
Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 to 1576
Augustus, Elector of Saxony
1526
Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586
Philip the Good
1396
Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467
Emperor Nijō
1143
Emperor of Japan from 1158 to 1165