Birthdays
Born on July 31
Famous people who share July 31 as their birthday, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Their sign: Leo.
Famous people born on July 31
- J. K. RowlingEnglish author · born 1965
- Louis de FunèsFrench actor and comedian · born 1914
- PremchandIndian writer of Hindi and Urdu fiction (1880–1936); pioneer of social realism in Hindustani literature · born 1880
- Richard GriffithsBritish actor · born 1947
- Victoria AzarenkaBelarusian tennis player · born 1989
- Wesley SnipesAmerican actor · born 1962
- Jean DubuffetFrench artist · born 1901
- Friedrich WöhlerGerman chemist · born 1800
- Antonio ConteItalian association football player and manager · born 1969
- Geraldine ChaplinBritish-American actress · born 1944
- Shinzō KōrokiJapanese association football player · born 1986
- Paul D. BoyerAmerican biochemist · born 1918
- Kiara AdvaniIndian film actress · born 1991
- Carlos MarchenaSpanish footballer · born 1979
- Stephanie L. KwolekAmerican chemist, inventor of Kevlar · born 1923
- Cees NooteboomDutch writer · born 1933
- Paulo WanchopeCosta Rican association football player · born 1976
- Hilary PutnamAmerican philosopher and mathematician · born 1926
- Michael BiehnAmerican actor · born 1956
- Yoshiyuki MatsuyamaJapanese association football player · born 1966
- Michael BradleyAmerican soccer player and coach · born 1987
- Evonne Goolagong CawleyAustralian Aboriginal tennis player · born 1951
- Hayuma TanakaJapanese association football player · born 1982
- Besart AbdurahimiMacedonian association football player · born 1990
- Richart BáezParaguayan association football player · born 1973
- MumtazIndian film actress · born 1947
- Elivélton Alves RufinoBrazilian association football player · born 1971
- Emilia FoxBritish actress and presenter · born 1974
- Jean-Paul VonderburgSwedish association football player · born 1964
- Dean CainAmerican actor · born 1966
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What happened on July 31
- 1954 · K2 climbed for the first timeItalian climbers Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli reached the top of the world's second-highest peak.
- 1961 · IBM introduced the Selectric typewriterA spinning type ball replaced the old type bars, so the keys no longer jammed.
- 1964 · Ranger 7 sent close-up Moon photosThe US probe sent back 4,316 pictures of the Moon before it hit the surface.
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