Who are famous people born on January 31?

Famous people born on January 31 include Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543), Franz Schubert (1797), Irving Langmuir (1881), Jackie Robinson (1919), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935).

What star sign is someone born on January 31?

Someone born on January 31 is a Aquarius.

What is the birthstone for January 31?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

How common is a birthday on January 31?

In the US, January 31 is the No. 204 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,266 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on January 31

Famous people born on January 31, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♒ Star sign
Aquarius
💎 Birthstone
Garnet
👶 How common
No. 204 of 366

Born on January 31

Tokugawa Ieyasu
born 1543 · founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
Franz Schubert
born 1797 · Austrian composer (1797–1828)
Irving Langmuir
born 1881 · American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)
Jackie Robinson
born 1919 · American baseball player (1919–1972)
Kenzaburō Ōe
born 1935 · Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
Philip Glass
born 1937 · American composer (born 1937)
Justin Timberlake
born 1981 · American singer and actor (born 1981)
Artur Mas
born 1956 · Spanish politician (born 1956)
Sergei Ivanov
born 1953 · Russian senior official and politician (1953–2026)
Bouna Sarr
born 1992 · Senegalese footballer (born 1992)
Vitalik Buterin
born 1994 · Russian-Canadian computer scientist
Hugo Guillamón
born 2000 · Spanish footballer
Beatrix of the Netherlands
born 1938 · Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013 (born 1938)
Dave Benton
born 1951 · Aruban-Estonian musician (born 1951)
Mauro Baldi
born 1954 · Italian racing driver
Stefan Majewski
born 1956 · Polish footballer
John Lydon
born 1956 · English-born British singer and songwriter
Guido van Rossum
born 1956 · Dutch programmer and creator of Python
Anthony LaPaglia
born 1959 · Australian actor
Müller
born 1966 · Brazilian association football player
Jorge González
born 1966 · Argentina athlete and actor (1966–2010)
JJ Lehto
born 1966 · Finnish racing driver
Patricia Velásquez
born 1971 · Venezuelan actress
Lee Young-ae
born 1971 · South Korean actress
Portia de Rossi
born 1973 · Australian-American actress
Preity Zinta
born 1975 · Indian actress
Traianos Dellas
born 1976 · Greek association football player and manager
Jurica Vranješ
born 1980 · Croatian footballer
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Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
born 1980 · Iraqi Islamic State leader (died 2022)
Badr El Kaddouri
born 1981 · Moroccan footballer
Helena Paparizou
born 1982 · Greek singer
Fabio Quagliarella
born 1983 · Italian association football player (born 1983)
Abdelmoumene Djabou
born 1987 · Algerian association football player
Oksana Shachko
born 1987 · Ukrainian artist and activist (1987–2018)
Taijo Teniste
born 1988 · Estonian footballer (born 1988)
Chisamba Lungu
born 1991 · Zambian footballer
Ju Wenjun
born 1991 · Chinese chess player
Jeff Hendrick
born 1992 · Irish association football player
Lasha Shavdatuashvili
born 1992 · Georgian judoka
Victor Crone
born 1992 · Swedish singer (born 1992)

January 31 in history

2025Med Jets Flight 056 crashes near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killing 8 people and injuring 23.
2019Abdullah of Pahang is sworn in as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
2001In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
1988Doug Williams becomes the first African American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and leads the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.
1968Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
1957Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
1946Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
1945World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.
1942World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
1917World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm II orders the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1891History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
1848John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
1703Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenged the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
1504The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Domitius (Domice) of Amiens
Christian feast day: Francis Xavier Bianchi
Christian feast day: Geminianus
Christian feast day: John Bosco
Christian feast day: Julius of Novara
Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovica
Christian feast day: Máedóc (Mogue, Aiden)
Christian feast day: Marcella of Marseille
Christian feast day: Marcella of Rome
Christian feast day: Samuel Shoemaker (Episcopal Church (USA))

January 31 in every year

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Questions about January 31 birthdays

Who are famous people born on January 31?: Famous people born on January 31 include Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543), Franz Schubert (1797), Irving Langmuir (1881), Jackie Robinson (1919), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935).
What star sign is someone born on January 31?: Someone born on January 31 is a Aquarius.
What is the birthstone for January 31?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
How common is a birthday on January 31?: In the US, January 31 is the No. 204 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,266 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).