Famous people born on 31 January

• Franz SchubertAustrian composer · 1797–1828
  31 yrs
• Kenzaburō ŌeJapanese writer and Nobel Laureate · 1935–2023
  88 yrs
• Norman MailerAmerican writer · 1923–2007
  84 yrs
• Alva MyrdalSwedish sociologist and politician · 1902–1986
  84 yrs
• Irving LangmuirAmerican chemist and physicist · 1881–1957
  76 yrs
• Rudolf Ludwig MössbauerGerman nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics · 1929–2011
  82 yrs
• Ivan III of MoscowGrand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 to 1505 · 1440–1505
  65 yrs
• Baba VangaBulgarian psychic · 1911–1996
  85 yrs
• Theodor HeussGerman journalist and politician · 1884–1963
  79 yrs
• Theodore William Richards ↗United States chemist · 1868–1928
  60 yrs
• Jean Simmons ↗British-American actress · 1929–2010
  80 yrs
• Suzanne Pleshette ↗American actress · 1937–2008
  70 yrs
• Jackie Robinson ↗American baseball player · 1919–1972
  53 yrs
• Tallulah Bankhead ↗American actress · 1902–1968
  66 yrs
• Thomas Merton ↗Priest and author · 1915–1968
  53 yrs
• Carol Channing ↗American actress · 1921–2019
  97 yrs
• Mario Lanza ↗American tenor and actor · 1921–1959
  38 yrs
• Frederick, Prince of Wales ↗Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death · 1707–1751
  44 yrs
• Mahammad Amin Rasulzade ↗Azerbaijani politician · 1884–1955
  71 yrs
• Vincent Ferrer ↗Spanish Dominican preacher and saint · 1350–1419
  69 yrs
• Hans Egede ↗Missionary to Greenland, Lutheran pastor · 1686–1758
  72 yrs
• Agostino Depretis ↗Italian politician · 1813–1887
  74 yrs
• Eddie Cantor ↗American comedian and actor · 1892–1964
  72 yrs
• Jeff Hanneman ↗American guitarist · 1964–2013
  49 yrs
• Zane Grey ↗American novelist · 1872–1939
  67 yrs
• James G. Blaine ↗American politician · 1830–1893
  62 yrs
• Louis de Montfort ↗French Catholic saint, priest, and confessor · 1673–1716
  43 yrs
• André Antoine ↗French actor and director · 1858–1943
  85 yrs
• Bernardo Provenzano ↗Italian mob boss · 1933–2016
  83 yrs
• André-Jacques Garnerin ↗Inventor of the frameless parachute · 1769–1823
  54 yrs
• Boris Savinkov ↗Russian writer · 1879–1925
  46 yrs
• Tengiz Abuladze ↗Soviet film director · 1924–1994
  70 yrs
• Andrii Parubii ↗Ukrainian politician · 1971–2025
  54 yrs
• Eugène Terre'Blanche ↗Afrikaner nationalist · 1941–2010
  69 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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