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History Births on July 31

Andrew Hall, South African cricketer

#Andrew_Hall

In 1975

Jacques Villon, French painter (d. 1963)

#Jacques_Villon

In 1875

Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Brian_Skrudland

In 1963

Cees Nooteboom, Dutch journalist, author, and poet

#Cees_Nooteboom

In 1933

Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer and manager

#Paulo_Wanchope

In 1976

Julian Richards, Welsh director and producer

#Julian_Richards_(director)

In 1968

Charles of France, Duke of Berry (d. 1714)

#Charles,_Duke_of_Berry_(1686-1714)

In 1686

James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)

#James_E._Faust

In 1920

Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator (d. 1940)

#Mary_Vaux_Walcott

In 1860

Antonio Conte, Italian footballer and manager

#Antonio_Conte

In 1969

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)

#Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

In 1527

Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971)

#Whitney_Young

In 1921

Paul Whatuira, New Zealand rugby league player

#Paul_Whatuira

In 1981

Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records (d. 2006)

#Ahmet_Ertegun

In 1923

Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Russell_Morris

In 1948

Nick Sorensen, American football player and sportscaster

#Nick_Sorensen

In 1978

Ted Cassidy, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1979)

#Ted_Cassidy

In 1932

David Norris, Irish scholar and politician

#David_Norris_(politician)

In 1944

Augustus, Elector of Saxony (d. 1586)

#Augustus,_Elector_of_Saxony

In 1526

Ron Kuby, American lawyer and radio host

#Ron_Kuby

In 1956

Sherry Lansing, American film producer

#Sherry_Lansing

In 1944

Hubert Védrine, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Hubert_Védrine

In 1947

Susan Flannery, American actress

#Susan_Flannery

In 1939

Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist and author

#Jonathan_Dimbleby

In 1944

Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)

#Milton_Friedman

In 1912

Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)

#Bill_Frenzel

In 1928

Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player

#Evonne_Goolagong_Cawley

In 1951

Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010)

#Hank_Jones

In 1918

Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1752)

#Gabriel_Cramer

In 1704

Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)

#Hank_Bauer

In 1922

Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist

#Rémy_Di_Gregorio

In 1985

Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California

#Alan_Autry

In 1952

Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1969)

#Hans_Freyer

In 1887

Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Robert_C._Merton

In 1944

Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (d. 1918)

#Peter_Rosegger

In 1843

Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer

#Wesley_Snipes

In 1962

Andrzej Kobyla?ski, Polish footballer and manager

#Andrzej_Kobyla?ski

In 1970

Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)

#Ignacio_Cervantes

In 1847

Don Murray, American actor

#Don_Murray_(actor)

In 1929

Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (d. 1768)

#Jean_Denis_Attiret

In 1702

Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach

#Helmuts_Balderis

In 1952

Randy Flores, American baseball player and coach

#Randy_Flores

In 1975

Michael Biehn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Michael_Biehn

In 1956

Jonathan Ogden, American football player

#Jonathan_Ogden

In 1974

Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Dale_Hunter

In 1960

Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer, invented Kevlar (d. 2014)

#Stephanie_Kwolek

In 1923

Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter

#Geraldine_Chaplin

In 1944

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Nigerian banker, royal

#Sanusi_Lamido_Sanusi

In 1961

Justin Wilson, English race car driver (d. 2015)

#Justin_Wilson_(racing_driver)

In 1978

Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish race car driver

#Mikko_Hirvonen

In 1980

John Chiang, American lawyer and politician, 31st California State Controller

#John_Chiang_(California_politician)

In 1962

George Liberace, American violinist (d. 1983)

#George_Liberace

In 1911

Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic (d. 1882)

#Friedrich_Wöhler

In 1800

Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)

#Bill_Brown_(cricketer)

In 1912

Vernon Carey, American football player

#Vernon_Carey

In 1981

Joshua Cain, American guitarist and producer

#Joshua_Cain

In 1976

John Laurinaitis, American wrestler and producer

#John_Laurinaitis

In 1965

Deval Patrick, American lawyer and politician, 71st Governor of Massachusetts

#Deval_Patrick

In 1956

Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1936)

#Richard_Dixon_Oldham

In 1858

Fergus Henderson, English chef and author

#Fergus_Henderson

In 1963

Bill Callahan, American football player and coach

#Bill_Callahan_(American_football)

In 1956

J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer

#J._K._Rowling

In 1965

DeMarcus Ware, American football player

#DeMarcus_Ware

In 1982

Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria

#Ted_Baillieu

In 1953

Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author (d. 2017)

#Donald_Malarkey

In 1921

Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)

#Bryan_Hextall

In 1913

Ian Roberts, English-Australian rugby league player and actor

#Ian_Roberts_(rugby_league)

In 1965

Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (d. 1846)

#Jean-Gaspard_Deburau

In 1796

Henri Brisson, French lawyer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (d. 1912)

#Henri_Brisson

In 1835

Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

#Paul_D._Boyer

In 1918

José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer and manager

#José_Santamaría

In 1929

Bill Berry, American drummer and songwriter

#Bill_Berry

In 1958

Victoria Azarenka, Belorussian tennis player

#Victoria_Azarenka

In 1989

George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870)

#George_Henry_Thomas

In 1816

Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher (d. 2016)

#Hilary_Putnam

In 1926

Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Richard_Berry_(actor)

In 1950

Kevin Greene, American football player and coach

#Kevin_Greene_(American_football)

In 1962

John Searle, American philosopher and academic

#John_Searle

In 1932

Emperor Nij? of Japan (d. 1165)

#Emperor_Nij?

In 1143

Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Daniel_Ash

In 1957

Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier (d. 1989)

#Gubby_Allen

In 1902

Kyle Larson, American race car driver

#Kyle_Larson

In 1992

Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)

#Jean_Dubuffet

In 1901

Karl Green, English bass player and songwriter (Herman's Hermits)

#Karl_Green

In 1947

Zac Brown, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Zac_Brown_Band

In 1978

William S. Clark, American colonel and politician (d. 1886)

#William_S._Clark

In 1826

Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1959)

#Joseph_Charbonneau

In 1892

Brian Orakpo, American football player

#Brian_Orakpo

In 1986

Ian Beck, English children's illustrator and author

#Ian_Beck

In 1947

Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003)

#Irv_Kupcinet

In 1912

Yvon Deschamps, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer

#Yvon_Deschamps

In 1935

Geoffrey Lewis, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Geoffrey_Lewis_(actor)

In 1935

Premchand, Indian author and playwright (d. 1936)

#Premchand

In 1880

Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (d. 1959)

#Ramón_Fonst

In 1883

Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)

#Louis_de_Funès

In 1914

Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player

#Alex_Glenn

In 1988

Gus Frerotte, American football player and coach

#Gus_Frerotte

In 1971

John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive (d. 1889)

#John_Ericsson

In 1803

Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011)

#Bernard_Nathanson

In 1926

Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer

#Carlos_Marchena

In 1979

John Canton, English physicist and academic (d. 1772)

#John_Canton

In 1718

Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)

#Billy_Hitchcock

In 1916

Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (d. 1849)

#Pedro_Ignacio_de_Castro_Barros

In 1777

Ignacio Andrade, Venezuelan general and politician, 25th President of Venezuela (d. 1925)

#Ignacio_Andrade

In 1839

Kim Newman, English journalist and author

#Kim_Newman

In 1959

Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager

#Gabe_Kapler

In 1975

Dean Cain, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Dean_Cain

In 1966

Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)

#Richard_Griffiths

In 1947

Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist and author

#Andrew_Marr

In 1959

Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer

#Daniel_Ciofani

In 1985

William Quantrill, American captain (d. 1865)

#William_Quantrill

In 1837

Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)

#Fred_Keenor

In 1894

Mark Thompson, English business executive

#Mark_Thompson_(media_executive)

In 1957

Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer (d. 1903)

#Paul_Du_Chaillu

In 1835

Mark Cuban, American businessman and television personality

#Mark_Cuban

In 1958

Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (d. 1987)

#Primo_Levi

In 1919

Kenny Burrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Kenny_Burrell

In 1931

Mumtaz, Indian actress

#Mumtaz_(actress)

In 1947

William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education

#William_Bennett

In 1943

Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist

#Lil_Uzi_Vert

In 1994

Vasily Sleptsov, Russian author and activist (d. 1878)

#Vasily_Sleptsov

In 1836

Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player

#Mils_Muliaina

In 1980

Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player

#Anabel_Medina_Garrigues

In 1982

S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (d. 1966)

#S._S._Kresge

In 1867

Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)

#Alessandro_Algardi

In 1598

Tim Wright, Welsh composer

#Tim_Wright_(Welsh_musician)

In 1967

Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ryan_Johansen

In 1992

Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jim_Corr

In 1964

Titus Bramble, English footballer

#Titus_Bramble

In 1981

Carmel Quinn, Irish singer, actress and writer

#Carmel_Quinn

In 1925

France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress

#France_Nuyen

In 1939

Michael Bradley, American soccer player

#Michael_Bradley_(soccer)

In 1987

Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2006)

#Curt_Gowdy

In 1919

Tony Massenburg, American basketball player

#Tony_Massenburg

In 1967

Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)

#Bill_Todman

In 1916

Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach

#Nick_Bollettieri

In 1931

John Swainson, Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (d. 1994)

#John_Swainson

In 1925

José Fernández, Cuban baseball player (d. 2016)

#José_Fernández_(pitcher)

In 1992

Emilia Fox, English actress

#Emilia_Fox

In 1974

Gary Lewis, American pop-rock musician

#Gary_Lewis_(musician)

In 1946

Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Lobo_(musician)

In 1943

Stanley Jordan, American guitarist, pianist, and songwriter

#Stanley_Jordan

In 1959

Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player

#Evgeni_Malkin

In 1986

Scott Brooks, American basketball player and coach

#Scott_Brooks

In 1965

Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator

#Lynne_Rae_Perkins

In 1956

Marion Talbot, influential American educator (d. 1948)

#Marion_Talbot

In 1858

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician (d. 1945)

#Carl_Friedrich_Goerdeler

In 1884

Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player

#Réka_Luca_Jani

In 1991

B.J. Novak, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

In 1979

Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer

In 1979

J.J. Furmaniak, American baseball player

In 1979

Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player

In 1979

Leona Naess, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

In 1974

Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player and coach

In 1973

Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

In 1970

Ben Chaplin, English actor

In 1970

Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian author and poet

In 1970

Kenneth D. Schisler, American lawyer and politician

In 1969

Loren Dean, American actor

In 1969

Saeed-Al-Saffar, Emirati cricketer

In 1968

Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer and coach

In 1964

Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English DJ and musician

In 1963

Frank Gardner, English captain and journalist

In 1961

Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist and songwriter

In 1960

Suzanne Giraud, French music editor and composer

In 1958

Laura Zapata, Mexican telenovela actress, singer and dancer

In 1956

Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

In 1954

Hugh McDowell, English cellist

In 1953

Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer and coach

In 1953

Faye Kellerman, American author

In 1952

João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic

In 1952

Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player

In 1952

Alan Meale, English journalist and politician

In 1949

Mike Jackson, American basketball player

In 1949

William Weld, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of Massachusetts

In 1945

Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2004)

In 1941

Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor

In 1939

Gilles Carle, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2009)

In 1929

Lynne Reid Banks, English author

In 1929

Peter Nichols, English author and playwright

In 1927

Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (d. 2015)

In 1924

Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005)

In 1921

Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)

In 1919

Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998)

In 1918

Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986)

In 1916

Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (d. 1997)

In 1914

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author (d. 1999)

In 1909

Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author (d. 1977)

In 1904

Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God (d. 1986)

In 1892

Fred Quimby, American animation producer (d. 1965)

In 1886

Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1931)

In 1886

Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (d. 1970)

In 1877

José Canalejas, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1912)

In 1854

Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (d. 1796)

In 1759

Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (d. 1801)

In 1724

Philipp Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1641)

In 1595

Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1467)

In 1396

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