Births on 31 October
2000s
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
2005
Heir to the Spanish throne (born 2005)
Ansu Fati
2002
Bissau-Guinean-born Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Willow Smith
2000
American singer (born 2000)
1900s
Danielle Rose Russell
1999
American actress and former model (born 1999)
Léa Serna
1999
French figure skater (born 1999)
Siobhán Haughey
1997
Hong Kong swimmer (born 1997)
Sydney Park (actress)
1997
American actress, comedian (born 1997)
Marcus Rashford
1997
English footballer (born 1997)
Holly Taylor
1997
Canadian and American actress and dancer
Joana Valle Costa
1995
Portuguese tennis player (born 1995)
Mercedes Arn-Horn
1993
Canadian musician (born 1993)
Nadine Lustre
1993
Filipino actress and singer (born 1993)
Letitia Wright
1993
British actress (born 1993)
Vanessa Marano
1992
American actress (born 1992)
JID
1990
American rapper (born 1990)
Scott McGough
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Cole Aldrich
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Sébastien Buemi
1988
Swiss racing driver (born 1988)
Jack Riewoldt
1988
Australian rules footballer (born 1988)
Lizzy Yarnold
1988
British former skeleton racer (born 1988)
Nick Foligno
1987
American ice hockey player (born 1987)
Jean-Karl Vernay
1987
French racing driver
Chris Alajajian
1986
Australian racing driver
Christie Hayes
1986
Australian actress and singer
Fanny Chmelar
1985
German alpine skier (born 1985)
Kerron Clement
1985
American track and field athlete
Pat Murray (American football)
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Amanda Pascoe
1984
Australian freestyle swimmer (born 1984)
Adam Bouska
1983
American fashion photographer
Jordan Bannister
1982
Australian rules footballer and umpire
Justin Chatwin
1982
Canadian actor (born 1982)
Tomáš Plekanec
1982
Czech ice hockey player (born 1982)
Irina Denezhkina
1981
Russian writer (born 1981)
Steven Hunter
1981
American basketball player (born 1981)
Frank Iero
1981
American musician (born 1981)
Selina Jen
1981
Musical artist
Mike Napoli
1981
American baseball player & coach (born 1981)
Samaire Armstrong
1980
American actress (born 1980)
Alondra de la Parra
1980
Mexican conductor
Marcel Meeuwis
1980
Dutch former professional footballer (born 1980)
Eddie Kaye Thomas
1980
American actor (born 1980)
Ricardo Fuller
1979
Jamaican footballer (born 1979)
Simão Sabrosa
1979
Portuguese footballer (born 1979)
Inka Grings
1978
Retired German international footballer (born 1978)
Emmanuel Izonritei
1978
Nigerian boxer (born 1978)
Marek Saganowski
1978
Polish footballer (born 1978)
Martin Verkerk
1978
Dutch tennis player
Guti
1976
Spanish footballer and manager
Piper Perabo
1976
American actress (born 1976)
Carla Boyd
1975
Australian basketball player (born 1975)
Fabio Celestini
1975
Swiss footballer (born 1975)
Keith Jardine
1975
American actor and mixed martial arts fighter
Johnny Whitworth
1975
American actor (born 1975)
Muzzy Izzet
1974
Footballer (born 1974)
Less Than Jake
1974
American punk band
Paul Abrahams (footballer)
1973
English footballer (born 1973)
Christopher Bevins
1973
American voice actor
Tim Byrdak
1973
American baseball player (born 1973)
David Dellucci
1973
American baseball player (born 1973)
Beverly Lynne
1973
American actress
Alphonso Ford
1971
American basketball player
Linn Berggren
1970
Swedish singer-songwriter (born 1970)
Antonio Davis
1968
American basketball player (born 1968)
Vanilla Ice
1967
American rapper (born 1967)
Buddy Lazier
1967
American racecar driver (born 1967)
Irina Pantaeva
1967
Russian model and actress
Adam Schlesinger
1967
American musician (1967–2020)
Ad-Rock
1966
American rapper, guitarist, and actor (born 1966)
Koji Kanemoto
1966
Korean Japanese wrestler (born 1966)
Annabella Lwin
1966
English-Burmese singer (born 1966)
Mike O'Malley
1966
American actor, writer and producer (born 1966)
Paul du Toit
1965
Blue Edwards
1965
American basketball player
Ruud Hesp
1965
Dutch footballer (born 1965)
Denis Irwin
1965
Irish footballer (born 1965)
Rob Rackstraw
1965
English voice actor (born 1965)
Frank Bruni
1964
American journalist, writer, and professor (born 1964)
Colm Ó Cíosóig
1964
Irish musician (born 1964)
Marco van Basten
1964
Dutch football player and manager (born 1964)
Darryl Worley
1964
American singer-songwriter
Mikkey Dee
1963
Swedish drummer
Dunga
1963
Brazilian football player (born 1963)
Johnny Marr
1963
Irish musician (born 1963)
Fred McGriff
1963
American baseball player (born 1963)
Dermot Mulroney
1963
American actor (b. 1963)
Rob Schneider
1963
American actor and comedian (born 1963)
Jonathan Borden
1962
American neurosurgeon
Anna Geifman
1962
American historian (born 1962)
John Giannini
1962
American college basketball coach (born 1962)
Mari Jungstedt
1962
Swedish journalist and writer
Raphael Rabello
1962
Musical artist
Dan Wood (ice hockey)
1962
Canadian ice hockey player
Alonzo Babers
1961
American sprinter (born 1961)
Kate Campbell
1961
American folk singer-songwriter
Peter Jackson
1961
New Zealand filmmaker (born 1961)
Larry Mullen Jr.
1961
Irish rock musician, drummer of U2
Arnaud Desplechin
1960
French film director and screenwriter
Luis Fortuño
1960
Puerto Rican politician
Mike Gallego
1960
American baseball player & coach (born 1960)
Reza Pahlavi
1960
Former Crown Prince of Iran (born 1960)
Mats Näslund
1959
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1959)
Neal Stephenson
1959
American speculative fiction writer (born 1959)
Brian Stokes Mitchell
1957
American actor and singer (born 1957)
Robert Pollard
1957
American singer and songwriter
Bruce Bawer
1956
American writer and translator (born 1953)
Christopher de Leon
1956
Filipino actor and filmmaker (born 1956)
Anders Lago
1956
Swedish politician (born 1956)
Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham
1956
English journalist and newspaper editor (born 1956)
Michalis Chrisochoidis
1955
Greek politician
Susan Orlean
1955
American journalist and author
Mari Okamoto
1954
Japanese actress and voice actress
Ken Wahl
1954
American actor (born 1957)
John Lucas II
1953
American basketball player (born 1953)
Bernard Edwards
1952
American bassist (1952–1996)
Joe West (umpire)
1952
American baseball umpire (born 1952)
Nick Saban
1951
American football coach (born 1951)
Dave Trembley
1951
American baseball coach and manager (born 1951)
John Candy
1950
Canadian actor and comedian (1950–1994)
Zaha Hadid
1950
Iraqi and British architect (1950–2016)
Jane Pauley
1950
American journalist (born 1950)
Antonio Taguba
1950
Retired United States Army general (born 1950)
Mart Helme
1949
Estonian historian and politician
Bob Siebenberg
1949
American drummer (born 1949)
Alison Wolf, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
1949
British economist (born 1949)
Franco Gasparri
1948
Italian actor (1948–1999)
Michael Kitchen
1948
English actor
Deidre Hall
1947
American actress (born 1947)
Frank Shorter
1947
American long-distance runner (born 1947)
Herman Van Rompuy
1947
Belgian politician (born 1947)
Stephen Rea
1946
Irish actor (born 1946)
Russ Ballard
1945
English musician (born 1945)
Brian Doyle-Murray
1945
American actor (born 1945)
Barrie Keeffe
1945
English dramatist and screenwriter (1945–2019)
Elliott Forbes-Robinson
1943
American racing driver
Paul Frampton
1943
English physicist (born 1943)
Aristotelis Pavlidis
1943
Greek politician (1943–2022)
Brian Piccolo
1943
American football player (1943–1970)
David Ogden Stiers
1942
American actor and conductor (1942–2018)
Dan Alderson
1941
American scientist
Derek Bell (racing driver)
1941
British racing driver (born 1941)
Lucious Jackson
1941
American basketball player (1941–2022)
Sally Kirkland
1941
American actress and producer (1941–2025)
Craig Rodwell
1940
American gay rights activist
Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox
1940
British businesswoman and life peer
Tom O'Connor (comedian)
1939
British entertainer (1939–2021)
Ron Rifkin
1939
American actor
Ali Farka Touré
1939
Malian singer and musician (1939–2006)
Tom Paxton
1937
American singer-songwriter (born 1937)
Michael Landon
1936
American actor and filmmaker (1936–1991)
Dale Brown (basketball)
1935
American college basketball coach (born 1935)
Ronald Graham
1935
American mathematician (1935���2020)
David Harvey
1935
British-American geographer and anthropologist (born 1935)
Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler
1934
Swedish princess (born 1934)
Phil Goyette
1933
Canadian ice hockey player (1933–2026)
Iemasa Kayumi
1933
Japanese actor
Dan Rather
1931
American broadcast journalist (born 1931)
Michael Collins (astronaut)
1930
American astronaut (1930–2021)
Booker Ervin
1930
American saxophonist (1930–1970)
William Orchard (water polo)
1929
Australian water polo player (1929-2014)
Bud Spencer
1929
Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)
Andrew Sarris
1928
American film critic (1928–2012)
Jimmy Savile
1926
English media personality and sex offender (1926–2011)
Lawrence A. Cremin
1925
American historian
John Pople
1925
British theoretical chemist (1925–2004)
Robert Rheault
1925
United States Army colonel (1925–2013)
Barbara Bel Geddes
1922
American actress (1922–2005)
Illinois Jacquet
1922
American jazz saxophonist (1922–2004)
Norodom Sihanouk
1922
King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2004)
Dick Francis
1920
English jockey and crime writer (1920–2010)
Joseph Gelineau
1920
Roman Catholic priest and composer
Helmut Newton
1920
German-Australian photographer (1920–2004)
Fritz Walter
1920
German footballer (1920–2002)
Daphne Oxenford
1919
English actress (1919–2012)
Magnus Wenninger
1919
American mathematician (1919–2017)
Ian Stevenson
1918
American psychiatrist (1918–2007)
William H. McNeill
1917
Canadian historian and writer (1917–2016)
Gordon Steege
1917
Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot
Carl Johan Bernadotte
1916
Prince Bernadotte
Jane Jarvis
1915
American jazz pianist
John Hugenholtz
1914
Dutch racetrack designer (1914–1995)
Dale Evans
1912
American actress, singer and writer (1912–2001)
Ollie Johnston
1912
American animator (1912–2008)
Muriel Duckworth
1908
Canadian pacifist, feminist, and social and community activist (1908–2009)
Edgar Sampson
1907
American jazz composer, arranger, and musician
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
1902
Brazilian poet and writer
Julia Lee (musician)
1902
American blues singer (1902–1958)
Abraham Wald
1902
Hungarian mathematician
Asbjørg Borgfelt
1900
Norwegian sculptor (1900–1976)
1800s
Constance Savery
1897
British writer
Ethel Waters
1896
American vocalist and actress (1896–1977)
B. H. Liddell Hart
1895
British historian and military theorist (1895–1970)
Alexander Alekhine
1892
Russian-French chess player (1892–1946)
Napoleon Lapathiotis
1888
Greek poet
Chiang Kai-shek
1887
Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975
Newsy Lalonde
1887
Canadian ice hockey and lacrosse player (1887-1970)
Marie Laurencin
1883
French painter, poet and printmaker
Anthony Wilding
1883
New Zealand tennis player
Toshizō Nishio
1881
Japanese general
Julia Peterkin
1880
American novelist
Mikhail Tomsky
1880
Soviet trade unionist and politician (1880–1936)
Karel Hašler
1879
Czech songwriter and actor (1879 –1941)
Natalie Clifford Barney
1876
American playwright, poet and novelist (1876–1972)
Eugene Meyer (financier)
1875
American financier and newspaper publisher (1875–1959)
Vallabhbhai Patel
1875
Indian independence activist (1875–1950)
John Weir Troy
1868
American journalist and politician (1868-1942)
Juliette Gordon Low
1860
Founder of the Girl Scouts
Andrew Volstead
1860
American politician (1860–1947)
Dionysius Vattasseril
1858
Indian saint (1858–1934)
Charles Leroux
1856
American balloonist and parachutist (1856–1889)
Louise of Sweden
1851
Queen of Denmark from 1906 to 1912
Marie Louise Andrews
1849
American short story writer, journalist, editor
Boston Custer
1848
Soldier and brother of George Armstrong Custer
Galileo Ferraris
1847
Italian physicist and electrical engineer (1847–1897)
Luís I of Portugal
1838
King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889
Adelbert Ames
1835
Union Army general and politician (1835–1933)
Krišjānis Barons
1835
Latvian writer and folklorist
Adolf von Baeyer
1835
German chemist (1835–1917)
Paolo Mantegazza
1831
Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1831–1910)
Charles Lavigerie
1825
French cardinal
Thomas Chapman (Australian politician)
1815
Australian politician
Karl Weierstrass
1815
German mathematician (1815–1897)
Edmund Sharpe
1809
English architect and engineer (1809 – 1877)
Before 1800
John Keats
1795
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
Hokusai
1760
Japanese artist (1760–1849)
James Lovell (politician)
1737
American Founding Father and politician
Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta
1729
Mexican politician
Christopher Anstey
1724
English poet
Hedvig Taube
1714
Swedish courtier and countess
Laura Bassi
1711
Italian physicist and academic (1711–1778)
Pope Clement XIV
1705
Head of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774
Yeongjo of Joseon
1694
King of Joseon from 1724 to 1776
Anne Claude de Caylus
1692
French antiquarian (1692–1765)
Senesino
1686
Italian castrato (1686-1758)
Meindert Hobbema
1638
Dutch artist (c. 1638–1709)
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
1636
Elector of Bavaria from 1651 to 1679
Johannes Vermeer
1632
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
John Evelyn
1620
English writer, gardener and diarist (1620–1706)
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
1599
English statesman (1598–1680)
Henriette of Cleves
1542
French noblewoman (1542–1601)
Wang Yangming
1472
Chinese philosopher and general (1472–1529)
Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg
1445
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Władysław III of Poland
1424
Monarch of Poland-Lithuania (1434–1444); King of Hungary and Croatia (1440–1444)
Edward, King of Portugal
1391
King of Portugal from 1433 to 1438
Ferdinand I of Portugal
1345
King of Portugal (r. 1367–1383)