Who are famous people born on July 31?

Famous people born on July 31 include Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Helena Blavatsky (1831), Premchand (1880), Milton Friedman (1912), Louis de Funès (1914).

What star sign is someone born on July 31?

Someone born on July 31 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for July 31?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

How common is a birthday on July 31?

In the US, July 31 is the No. 75 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,812 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on July 31

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

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Ruby
👶 How common
No. 75 of 366

Born on July 31

Friedrich Wöhler
born 1800 · German chemist (1800-1882)
Helena Blavatsky
born 1831 · Russian occult writer (1831-1891)
Premchand
born 1880 · Indian writer of Hindi and Urdu fiction (1880–1936); pioneer of social realism in Hindustani literature
Milton Friedman
born 1912 · American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
Louis de Funès
born 1914 · French actor and comedian (1914–1983)
J. K. Rowling
born 1965 · English author (born 1965)
Richard Griffiths
born 1947 · British actor
Geraldine Chaplin
born 1944 · British-American actress
Loujain al-Hathloul
born 1989 · Saudi Arabian activist
Carlos Marchena
born 1979 · Spanish footballer
C. C. Catch
born 1964 · Dutch-German pop singer
Anabel Medina Garrigues
born 1982 · Spanish tennis player
Kavinsky
born 1975 · French DJ, electronic record producer, and actor (1975–2026)
Ignacio Zoco
born 1939 · Spanish footballer (1939–2015)
Paola Espinosa
born 1986 · Mexican diver
Wail al-Shehri
born 1973 · 9/11 hijacker (1973–2001)
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Abdulaziz Khathran
born 1973 · Saudi Arabian footballer
Ignacio Flores
born 1953 · Mexican footballer (1953-2011)
Pablo Larios
born 1960 · Mexican association football player (1960–2019)
Abdullah Avcı
born 1963 · Turkish association football player and coach (born 1963)
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Ignacio Jáuregui
born 1938 · Mexican footballer
Said saleh
born 1940 · Egyptian actor (1940–2014)
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Brian Turner
born 1949 · New Zealand footballer
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
born 1951 · Australian Aboriginal tennis player
Junji Itō
born 1963 · Japanese horror writer and mangaka
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Yoshiyuki Matsuyama
born 1966 · Japanese association football player
Antonio Conte
born 1969 · Italian association football player and manager
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Elivélton Alves Rufino
born 1971 · Brazilian association football player
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Richart Báez
born 1973 · Paraguayan association football player
Paulo Wanchope
born 1976 · Costa Rican association football player
Maksim Romaschenko
born 1976 · Belarusian footballer
José González
born 1978 · Swedish-Argentine singer-songwriter
Abelardo de la Espriella
born 1978 · 43ᵗʰ President of Colombia since 2026
Mikko Hirvonen
born 1980 · Finnish racecar driver
Clemente Rodríguez
born 1981 · Argentine association football player
Marek Sapara
born 1982 · Slovak footballer
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Hayuma Tanaka
born 1982 · Japanese association football player
Edmond Kapllani
born 1982 · Albanian footballer
Alissa White-Gluz
born 1985 · Canadian singer
Wunmi Mosaku
born 1986 · Nigerian actress

July 31 in history

2020A De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser collide over Soldotna, Alaska, killing all seven people on board both aircraft, including state representative Gary Knopp.
2007Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
1992The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
1991The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
1973A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723, crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, killing 89.
1966The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappears off the Cornwall coast with the loss of all 31 aboard.
1945Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
1938Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
1874Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
1777The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
1703Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
1618Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
1423Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: A Franco-Scottish army is defeated by the Anglo-Burgundians at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
768Antipope Constantine II is arrested by primicerius Christopher and Lombard troops sent to aid him by king Desiderius.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Abanoub
Christian feast day: Blessed Cecília Schelingová
Christian feast day: Blessed Solanus Casey
Christian feast day: Fabius
Christian feast day: Germanus of Auxerre
Christian feast day: Giustino de Jacobis
Christian feast day: Helena of Skövde
Christian feast day: Ignatius of Loyola
Christian feast day: Neot
Christian feast day: July 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 31 in every year

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Questions about July 31 birthdays

Who are famous people born on July 31?: Famous people born on July 31 include Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Helena Blavatsky (1831), Premchand (1880), Milton Friedman (1912), Louis de Funès (1914).
What star sign is someone born on July 31?: Someone born on July 31 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for July 31?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
How common is a birthday on July 31?: In the US, July 31 is the No. 75 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,812 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).