History Births on July 31

Andrew Hall, South African cricketer

#Andrew_Hall

Jacques Villon, French painter (d. 1963)

#Jacques_Villon

Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Brian_Skrudland

Cees Nooteboom, Dutch journalist, author, and poet

#Cees_Nooteboom

Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer and manager

#Paulo_Wanchope

Julian Richards, Welsh director and producer

#Julian_Richards_(director)

Charles of France, Duke of Berry (d. 1714)

#Charles,_Duke_of_Berry_(1686-1714)

James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)

#James_E._Faust

Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator (d. 1940)

#Mary_Vaux_Walcott

Antonio Conte, Italian footballer and manager

#Antonio_Conte

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)

#Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971)

#Whitney_Young

Paul Whatuira, New Zealand rugby league player

#Paul_Whatuira

Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records (d. 2006)

#Ahmet_Ertegun

Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Russell_Morris

Nick Sorensen, American football player and sportscaster

#Nick_Sorensen

Ted Cassidy, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1979)

#Ted_Cassidy

David Norris, Irish scholar and politician

#David_Norris_(politician)

Augustus, Elector of Saxony (d. 1586)

#Augustus,_Elector_of_Saxony

Ron Kuby, American lawyer and radio host

#Ron_Kuby

Sherry Lansing, American film producer

#Sherry_Lansing

Hubert Védrine, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Hubert_Védrine

Susan Flannery, American actress

#Susan_Flannery

Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist and author

#Jonathan_Dimbleby

Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)

#Milton_Friedman

Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)

#Bill_Frenzel

Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player

#Evonne_Goolagong_Cawley

Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010)

#Hank_Jones

Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1752)

#Gabriel_Cramer

Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)

#Hank_Bauer

Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist

#Rémy_Di_Gregorio

Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California

#Alan_Autry

Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1969)

#Hans_Freyer

Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Robert_C._Merton

Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (d. 1918)

#Peter_Rosegger

Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer

#Wesley_Snipes

Andrzej Kobyla?ski, Polish footballer and manager

#Andrzej_Kobyla?ski

Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)

#Ignacio_Cervantes

Don Murray, American actor

#Don_Murray_(actor)

Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (d. 1768)

#Jean_Denis_Attiret

Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach

#Helmuts_Balderis

Randy Flores, American baseball player and coach

#Randy_Flores

Michael Biehn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Michael_Biehn

Jonathan Ogden, American football player

#Jonathan_Ogden

Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Dale_Hunter

Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer, invented Kevlar (d. 2014)

#Stephanie_Kwolek

Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter

#Geraldine_Chaplin

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Nigerian banker, royal

#Sanusi_Lamido_Sanusi

Justin Wilson, English race car driver (d. 2015)

#Justin_Wilson_(racing_driver)

Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish race car driver

#Mikko_Hirvonen

John Chiang, American lawyer and politician, 31st California State Controller

#John_Chiang_(California_politician)

George Liberace, American violinist (d. 1983)

#George_Liberace

Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic (d. 1882)

#Friedrich_Wöhler

Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)

#Bill_Brown_(cricketer)

Vernon Carey, American football player

#Vernon_Carey

Joshua Cain, American guitarist and producer

#Joshua_Cain

John Laurinaitis, American wrestler and producer

#John_Laurinaitis

Deval Patrick, American lawyer and politician, 71st Governor of Massachusetts

#Deval_Patrick

Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1936)

#Richard_Dixon_Oldham

Fergus Henderson, English chef and author

#Fergus_Henderson

Bill Callahan, American football player and coach

#Bill_Callahan_(American_football)

J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer

#J._K._Rowling

DeMarcus Ware, American football player

#DeMarcus_Ware

Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria

#Ted_Baillieu

Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author (d. 2017)

#Donald_Malarkey

Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)

#Bryan_Hextall

Ian Roberts, English-Australian rugby league player and actor

#Ian_Roberts_(rugby_league)

Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (d. 1846)

#Jean-Gaspard_Deburau

Henri Brisson, French lawyer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (d. 1912)

#Henri_Brisson

Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

#Paul_D._Boyer

José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer and manager

#José_Santamaría

Bill Berry, American drummer and songwriter

#Bill_Berry

Victoria Azarenka, Belorussian tennis player

#Victoria_Azarenka

George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870)

#George_Henry_Thomas

Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher (d. 2016)

#Hilary_Putnam

Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Richard_Berry_(actor)

Kevin Greene, American football player and coach

#Kevin_Greene_(American_football)

John Searle, American philosopher and academic

#John_Searle

Emperor Nij? of Japan (d. 1165)

#Emperor_Nij?

Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Daniel_Ash

Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier (d. 1989)

#Gubby_Allen

Kyle Larson, American race car driver

#Kyle_Larson

Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)

#Jean_Dubuffet

Karl Green, English bass player and songwriter (Herman's Hermits)

#Karl_Green

Zac Brown, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Zac_Brown_Band

William S. Clark, American colonel and politician (d. 1886)

#William_S._Clark

Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1959)

#Joseph_Charbonneau

Brian Orakpo, American football player

#Brian_Orakpo

Ian Beck, English children's illustrator and author

#Ian_Beck

Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003)

#Irv_Kupcinet

Yvon Deschamps, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer

#Yvon_Deschamps

Geoffrey Lewis, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Geoffrey_Lewis_(actor)

Premchand, Indian author and playwright (d. 1936)

#Premchand

Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (d. 1959)

#Ramón_Fonst

Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)

#Louis_de_Funès

Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player

#Alex_Glenn

Gus Frerotte, American football player and coach

#Gus_Frerotte

John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive (d. 1889)

#John_Ericsson

Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011)

#Bernard_Nathanson

Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer

#Carlos_Marchena

John Canton, English physicist and academic (d. 1772)

#John_Canton

Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)

#Billy_Hitchcock

Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (d. 1849)

#Pedro_Ignacio_de_Castro_Barros

Ignacio Andrade, Venezuelan general and politician, 25th President of Venezuela (d. 1925)

#Ignacio_Andrade

Kim Newman, English journalist and author

#Kim_Newman

Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager

#Gabe_Kapler

Dean Cain, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Dean_Cain

Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)

#Richard_Griffiths

Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist and author

#Andrew_Marr

Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer

#Daniel_Ciofani

William Quantrill, American captain (d. 1865)

#William_Quantrill

Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)

#Fred_Keenor

Mark Thompson, English business executive

#Mark_Thompson_(media_executive)

Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer (d. 1903)

#Paul_Du_Chaillu

Mark Cuban, American businessman and television personality

#Mark_Cuban

Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (d. 1987)

#Primo_Levi

Kenny Burrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Kenny_Burrell

Mumtaz, Indian actress

#Mumtaz_(actress)

William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education

#William_Bennett

Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist

#Lil_Uzi_Vert

Vasily Sleptsov, Russian author and activist (d. 1878)

#Vasily_Sleptsov

Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player

#Mils_Muliaina

Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player

#Anabel_Medina_Garrigues

S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (d. 1966)

#S._S._Kresge

Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)

#Alessandro_Algardi

Tim Wright, Welsh composer

#Tim_Wright_(Welsh_musician)

Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ryan_Johansen

Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jim_Corr

Titus Bramble, English footballer

#Titus_Bramble

Carmel Quinn, Irish singer, actress and writer

#Carmel_Quinn

France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress

#France_Nuyen

Michael Bradley, American soccer player

#Michael_Bradley_(soccer)

Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2006)

#Curt_Gowdy

Tony Massenburg, American basketball player

#Tony_Massenburg

Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)

#Bill_Todman

Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach

#Nick_Bollettieri

John Swainson, Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (d. 1994)

#John_Swainson

José Fernández, Cuban baseball player (d. 2016)

#José_Fernández_(pitcher)

Emilia Fox, English actress

#Emilia_Fox

Gary Lewis, American pop-rock musician

#Gary_Lewis_(musician)

Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Lobo_(musician)

Stanley Jordan, American guitarist, pianist, and songwriter

#Stanley_Jordan

Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player

#Evgeni_Malkin

Scott Brooks, American basketball player and coach

#Scott_Brooks

Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator

#Lynne_Rae_Perkins

Marion Talbot, influential American educator (d. 1948)

#Marion_Talbot

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician (d. 1945)

#Carl_Friedrich_Goerdeler

Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player

#Réka_Luca_Jani

B.J. Novak, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer

J.J. Furmaniak, American baseball player

Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player

Leona Naess, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player and coach

Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Ben Chaplin, English actor

Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian author and poet

Kenneth D. Schisler, American lawyer and politician

Loren Dean, American actor

Saeed-Al-Saffar, Emirati cricketer

Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer and coach

Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English DJ and musician

Frank Gardner, English captain and journalist

Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist and songwriter

Suzanne Giraud, French music editor and composer

Laura Zapata, Mexican telenovela actress, singer and dancer

Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

Hugh McDowell, English cellist

Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer and coach

Faye Kellerman, American author

João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic

Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player

Alan Meale, English journalist and politician

Mike Jackson, American basketball player

William Weld, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of Massachusetts

Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2004)

Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor

Gilles Carle, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2009)

Lynne Reid Banks, English author

Peter Nichols, English author and playwright

Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (d. 2015)

Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005)

Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)

Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998)

Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986)

Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (d. 1997)

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author (d. 1999)

Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author (d. 1977)

Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God (d. 1986)

Fred Quimby, American animation producer (d. 1965)

Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1931)

Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (d. 1970)

José Canalejas, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1912)

Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (d. 1796)

Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (d. 1801)

Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1641)

Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1467)