Famous People Born In 1931
Discover the most famous people born in 1931. The list includes people like A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, James Dean, James Earl Jones, Rupert Murdoch, Mikhail Gorbachev and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, poets and playwrights born in 1931. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Canada and many more countries.
Toni Morrison18th February, American
Novelist
James Earl Jones17th January, American
Actor
Mikhail Gorbachev2nd March, Russian, Russian
Former President of the former USSR
William Shatner22nd March, Canadian
Actor, Producer
Rupert Murdoch11th March, American
Media Mogul
James Dean8th February, American
Actor
Jim Jones13th May, American
Cult Leader
Boris Yeltsin1st February, Russian
Robert Duvall5th January, American
Actor, Director
Leonard Nimoy26th March, American
Actor, Author, Film Director
Sam Cooke22nd January, American
Singer and Songwriter
Olympia Dukakis20th June, American
Actress
Barbara Eden23rd August, American
Actress
Anne Bancroft17th September, American
Actress
Rip Torn6th February, American
Actor
Mickey Mantle20th October, American
Baseball Player
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam15th October, Indian
Former President of India
Larry Hagman21st September, American
Actor
Desmond Tutu7th October, South African
Anti-Apartheid Activist
Charles Nelson Reilly13th January, American
Actor
Dan Rather31st October, American
Journalist
Mike Nichols6th November, American
Film Director, Theater Director, Film Producer
Leslie Caron1st July, French
Actress
Willie Mays6th May, American
Former Professional Baseball Star
Dominic Chianese24th February, American
Actor
Jack Swigert30th August, American
Astronaut
Daniel Ellsberg7th April, American
Activist
Ram Dass6th April, American
Spiritual Teacher
Della Reese6th July, American
Singer, Actress
Tom Wolfe2nd March, American
American author
Mamie Van Doren6th February, American
Actress
Martin Milner28th December, American
Actor
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Barbara Bain13th September, American
Actress
David Janssen27th March, American
Actor
V. P. Singh25th June, Indian
Eighth Prime Minister of India
Carroll Baker28th May, American
Actress
Alvin Ailey5th January, American
Choreographer
Isabel Martínez de Perón4th February, Argentinian
Former President of Argentina
James Tolkan20th June, American
Actor
Alice Munro10th July, Canadian
Jackie Mason9th June, American
American comedian
Robert Morse18th May, American
Actor
Darla Hood8th November, American
Actress
Ernie Banks31st January, American
Baseball Player
Sri Chinmoy27th August, Indian
Indian spiritual leader
Faten Hamama27th May, Egyptian
Actress
Dean Smith28th February, American
Basketball Coach
Mwai Kibaki15th November, Kenyan
Former President of Kenya
Alan K. Simpson2nd September, American
Former United States Senator
John Robert Schrieffer31st May, American
Physicist
John Baldessari7th June, American
Johannes Rau16th January, German
Former President of Germany
Tomas Tranströmer15th April, Swedish
Poet
Don King20th August, American
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel26th November, Argentinian
Human Rights Activist
Burton Richter22nd March, American
Physicist
James Cronin29th September, American
Physicist
Gustav Nossal4th June, Australian
Immunologist
Raul Castro3rd June, Cuban
President of the Council of State of Cuba
Martinus J. G. Veltman27th June, Dutch
Theoretical Physicist
Hamilton O. Smith23rd August, American
Microbiologist
Osho Rajneesh11th December, Indian
One of the most controversial spiritual leaders
Anthony De Mello4th September, Indian
Authored books related to spirituality, lectures
Mohammad Ali19th April, Pakistani
Actor
David Morris Lee20th January, American
Physicist
Abdulfattah Jandali15th March, Syrian, American
Steve Jobs' Biological Father
Claire Boom15th February, British
Actress
Maggie Johnson30th November, American
Clint Eastwood’s First Wife
Anatoly Dyatlov3rd March, Ukrainian, Russian
Engineer
Rajneesh11th December, Indian
Teacher, Writer, Autobiographer, Guru
Rita Moreno11th December, American
Actor, Musician, Singer, Stage actor, Television
Marla Gibbs14th June, American
Actress
Silvia Pinal12th September, Mexican
Politician, Television actor, Film actor, Stage
João Gilberto10th June, Brazilian
Singer, Guitarist, Composer, Jazz musician, Jazz
Ike Turner5th November, American
Guitarist, Pianist, Actor, Singer-songwriter,
Angie Dickinson30th September, American
American actress
Regis Philbin25th August, American
Actor, Voice actor, Television presenter, Singer,
George Jones30th November
Songwriter, Singer
Diana Dors23rd October, British
Actress
Ian Holm12th September, British
Actor
Tab Hunter11th July, American
Actor
Shammi Kapoor21st October, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Bob Gibson16th November, American
Singer
Marshall Applewhite17th May, American
Religious leader
Hal Linden31st March, American
Theater Actor, Television Actor
Clive Cussler15th July, American
Novelist
Anthony Newley24th September, British
Actor, Songwriter, Singer-songwriter, Composer,
Beverley Cross13th April, British
Screenwriter, Librettist
Roger Penrose8th August, British
Mathematician, Physicist, Writer, Philosopher,
Mitzi Gaynor4th September, American
American actress
Christopher George25th February, American
Actor
Anita Ekberg29th September, Swedish
Actor, Model, Film actor, Beauty pageant
Boston Strangler3rd September, American
Criminal
Stephen Boyd4th July, American, Northern Irish
Actor
Carl Brashear19th January, American
Sailor
Philip Baker Hall10th September, American
Actor