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.
Mikhail Gorbachev2nd March, Russian, Russian
Former President of the former USSR
James Earl Jones17th January, American
Actor
William Shatner22nd March, Canadian
Actor, Producer
James Dean8th February, American
Actor
Jim Jones13th May, American
Cult Leader
Rupert Murdoch11th March, American
Media Mogul
Boris Yeltsin1st February, Russian
Leonard Nimoy26th March, American
Actor, Author, Film Director
Robert Duvall5th January, American
Actor, Director
Sam Cooke22nd January, American
Singer and Songwriter
Olympia Dukakis20th June, American
Actress
Barbara Eden23rd August, American
Actress
Rip Torn6th February, American
Actor
Anne Bancroft17th September, American
Actress
Mickey Mantle20th October, American
Baseball Player
Larry Hagman21st September, American
Actor
Willie Mays6th May, American
Former Professional Baseball Star
Toni Morrison18th February, American
American novelist
Charles Nelson Reilly13th January, American
Actor
Desmond Tutu7th October, South African
Anti-Apartheid Activist
Dan Rather31st October, American
Journalist
Mike Nichols6th November, American
Film Director, Theater Director, Film Producer
Dominic Chianese24th February, American
Actor
V. P. Singh25th June, Indian
Eighth Prime Minister of India
Jack Swigert30th August, American
Astronaut
Ram Dass6th April, American
Spiritual Teacher
Daniel Ellsberg7th April, American
Activist
Leslie Caron1st July, French
Actress
Della Reese6th July, American
Singer, Actress
Martin Milner28th December, American
Actor
Tom Wolfe2nd March, American
American author
Barbara Bain13th September, American
Actress
David Janssen27th March, American
Actor
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam15th October, Indian
Former President of India
Carroll Baker28th May, American
Actress
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Isabel Martínez de Perón4th February, Argentinian
Former President of Argentina
Alvin Ailey5th January, American
Choreographer
Robert Morse18th May, American
Actor
Ernie Banks31st January, American
Baseball Player
Alice Munro10th July, Canadian
Jackie Mason9th June, American
American comedian
Darla Hood8th November, American
Actress
Dean Smith28th February, American
Basketball Coach
Sri Chinmoy27th August, Indian
Indian spiritual leader
Faten Hamama27th May, Egyptian
Actress
Mwai Kibaki15th November, Kenyan
Former President of Kenya
Alan K. Simpson2nd September, American
Former United States Senator
John Baldessari7th June, American
Johannes Rau16th January, German
Former President of Germany
Tomas Tranströmer15th April, Swedish
Poet
Don King20th August, American
Osho Rajneesh11th December, Indian
One of the most controversial spiritual leaders
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel26th November, Argentinian
Human Rights Activist
Gustav Nossal4th June, Australian
Immunologist
Burton Richter22nd March, American
Physicist
John Robert Schrieffer31st May, American
Physicist
Raul Castro3rd June, Cuban
President of the Council of State of Cuba
James Cronin29th September, American
Physicist
Hamilton O. Smith23rd August, American
Microbiologist
Martinus J. G. Veltman27th June, Dutch
Theoretical Physicist
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
Anatoly Dyatlov3rd March, Ukrainian, Russian
Engineer
Rajneesh11th December, Indian
Teacher, Writer, Autobiographer, Guru
Rita Moreno11th December, American
Actor, Musician, Singer, Stage actor, Television
Silvia Pinal12th September, Mexican
Politician, Television actor, Film actor, Stage
Angie Dickinson30th September, American
American actress
Ike Turner5th November, American
Guitarist, Pianist, Actor, Singer-songwriter,
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
Hal Linden31st March, American
Theater Actor, Television Actor
Anthony Newley24th September, British
Actor, Songwriter, Singer-songwriter, Composer,
Roger Penrose8th August, British
Mathematician, Physicist, Writer, Philosopher,
Mitzi Gaynor4th September, American
American actress
Carl Brashear19th January, American
Sailor
Boston Strangler3rd September, American
Criminal
Nasir Hussain3rd February, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Stephen Boyd4th July, American, Northern Irish
Actor
Anita Ekberg29th September, Swedish
Actor, Model, Film actor, Beauty pageant
Philip Baker Hall10th September, American
Actor
Albert DeSalvo3rd September, American
Murderer, Criminal
Beverley Cross13th April, British
Screenwriter, Librettist
Skeeter Davis30th December, American
Singer-songwriter, Singer, Writer, Children's
John Gavin30th November, American
Film Actor, Diplomat, Television Actor
William Goldman12th August, American
Novelist
Les Dawson2nd February, British
Lilly Pulitzer10th November, American
Designer, Socialite
Romila Thapar30th November, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Allen Klein18th December, American
Record producer, Talent agent, Entrepreneur,