Birthdays In History 1931

1931 Toshiki Kaifu Japanese lawyer and politician 76th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)

1931 William Deane Australian judge and politician 22nd Governor-General of Australia

1931 Nora Iuga Romanian poet writer and translator

1931 Alvin Ailey American dancer and choreographer founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (d. 1989)

1931 Alfred Brendel Austrian pianist poet and author

1931 E. L. Doctorow American novelist playwright and short story writer (d. 2015)

1931 Graeme Hole Australian cricketer (d. 1990)

1931 Dickie Moore Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (d. 2015)

1931 Mirja Hietamies Finnish skier (d. 2013)

1931 Bill Graham German-American businessman (d. 1991)

1931 Clarence Benjamin Jones American lawyer and scholar

1931 Algis Budrys Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008)

1931 Peter Barnes English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1931 Rosalind Howells Baroness Howells of St Davids Grenadian-English academic and politician

1931 Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Malaysian cleric and politician 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015)

1931 Betty Churcher Australian painter historian and curator (d. 2015)

1931 Mary Rodgers American composer and author (d. 2014)

1931 Ian Hendry English actor (d. 1984)

1931 Charles Nelson Reilly American actor comedian director game show panelist and television personality (d. 2007)

1931 Frank Costigan Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)

1931 Martin Holdgate English biologist and academic

1931 Lee Bontecou American painter and sculptor (d. 2022)

1931 John Enderby English physicist and academic (d. 2021)

1931 Robert L. Park American physicist and academic (d. 2020)

1931 Johannes Rau German journalist and politician eighth Federal President of Germany (d. 2006)

1931 Douglas Wilder American sergeant and politician 66th Governor of Virginia

1931 Don Zimmer American baseball player coach and manager (d. 2014)

1931 Chun Doo-hwan South Korean general and politician 5th President of South Korea (d. 2021)

1931 Robert MacNeil Canadian-American journalist and author

1931 David Lee American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1931 Hachidai Nakamura Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)

1931 Yoshiko Kuga Japanese actress

1931 Galina Zybina Russian shot putter and javelin thrower

1931 Lars Hörmander Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)

1931 Ib Nørholm Danish composer and organist (d. 2019)

1931 Dean Jones American actor and singer (d. 2015)

1931 Leslie Bricusse English playwright and composer (d. 2021)

1931 Ferenc Mádl Hungarian academic and politician 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)

1931 John Crosbie Canadian lawyer and politician 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 2020)

1931 Shirley Hazzard Australian-American novelist short story writer and essayist (d. 2016)

1931 Christopher Chataway English runner journalist and politician (d. 2014)

1931 Dries van Agt Dutch politician diplomat and jurist Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1931 Les Dawson English comedian and author (d. 1993)

1931 Glynn Edwards Malaysian-English actor (d. 2018)

1931 John Paul Harney Canadian educator and politician (d. 2021)

1931 Judith Viorst American journalist and author

1931 Isabel Perón Argentinian dancer and politician 41st President of Argentina

1931 Thomas Bernhard Austrian author poet and playwright (d. 1989)

1931 Josef Masopust Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)

1931 Robert Morris American sculptor and painter (d. 2018)

1931 James West American inventor and acoustician

1931 Bernie Geoffrion Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2006)

1931 Brian Kelly American actor and director (d. 2005)

1931 Claire Bloom English actress

1931 Jonathan Steele English journalist and author

1931 Otis Blackwell American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)

1931 Ken Takakura Japanese actor and singer (d. 2014)

1931 Jiřina Jirásková Czech actress and singer (d. 2013)

1931 Buddy Ryan American football coach (d. 2016)

1931 Johnny Hart American cartoonist co-created The Wizard of Id (d. 2007)

1931 John Milnor American mathematician and academic

1931 Tom Wesselmann American painter and sculptor (d. 2004)

1931 Dominic Chianese American actor and singer

1931 Brian Close English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)

1931 Peter Alliss English golfer and sportscaster (d. 2020)

1931 Gavin MacLeod American actor Christian activist and author (d. 2021)

1931 Len Newcombe Welsh footballer and scout (d. 1996)

1931 Wally Bruner American journalist and television host (d. 1997)

1931 Bob Johnson American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)

1931 William Henry Keeler American cardinal (d. 2017)

1931 Alice Rivlin American economist and politician (d. 2019)

1931 Barry Tuckwell Australian horn player and educator (d. 2020)

1931 John McPhee American author and educator

1931 Neil Postman American author and social critic (d. 2003)

1931 Gerald Potterton English-Canadian animator director and producer

1931 Jackie Healy-Rae Irish politician (d. 2014)

1931 Georges Dor Canadian author playwright and composer (d. 2001)

1931 Józef Tischner Polish priest and philosopher (d. 2000)

1931 Augusto Boal Brazilian theatre director writer and politician (d. 2009)

1931 Alan Heyman American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)

1931 Anthony Kenny English philosopher and academic

1931 John Munro Canadian lawyer and politician 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2003)

1931 Patricia Breslin American actress (d. 2011)

1931 David Peakall English-American chemist and toxicologist (d. 2001)

1931 John Fraser Scottish actor (d. 2020)

1931 Emma Andijewska Ukrainian poet writer and painter

1931 Dinos Christianopoulos Greek poet (d. 2020)

1931 Hal Linden American actor singer and director

1931 Rein Raamat Estonian director and screenwriter

1931 Toyonobori Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1998)

1931 Clark L. Brundin American-English engineer and academic (d. 2021)

1931 Catherine Gibson Scottish swimmer (d. 2013)

1931 Al Williamson American illustrator (d. 2010)

1931 Burton Richter American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

1931 Leslie Thomas Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014)

1931 Yevgeny Grishin Russian speed skater (d. 2005)

1931 Viktor Korchnoi Russian chess player and author (d. 2016)

1931 Yevdokiya Mekshilo Russian skier (d. 2013)

1931 Humphrey Burton English radio and television host

1931 David Janssen American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)

1931 Ștefan Andrei Romanian politician 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)

1931 Sopubek Begaliev Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (d. 2002)

1931 Aleksei Gubarev Russian general pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2015)

1931 Norman Tebbit English journalist and politician Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1931 Tamara Tyshkevich Belarusian shot putter (d. 1997)

1931 George Baker Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2011)

1931 Rolf Hochhuth German author and playwright (d. 2020)

1931 Keith Hitchins American historian (d. 2020)

1931 Vladimir Kuznetsov Russian javelin thrower (d. 1986)

1931 William Bast American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)

1931 James Dickens English politician (d. 2013)

1931 Bobby Ray Inman American admiral and intelligence officer

1931 Catherine Tizard New Zealand politician 16th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2021)

1931 Jack Clement American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)

1931 Héctor Olivera Argentine director producer and screenwriter

1931 Ram Dass American author and educator (d. 2019)

1931 Ivan Dixon American actor director and producer (d. 2008)

1931 Donald Barthelme American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989)

1931 Daniel Ellsberg American activist and author

1931 John Gavin American actor and diplomat United States Ambassador to Mexico (d. 2018)

1931 Richard Hatfield Canadian lawyer and politician 26th Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1991)

1931 Lewis Jones Welsh rugby player and coach

1931 Leonid Derbenyov Russian poet and songwriter (d. 1995)

1931 Anita Cerquetti Italian soprano (d. 2014)

1931 Robert Enrico French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)

1931 Dan Gurney American race car driver and engineer (d. 2018)

1931 Jon Stone American composer producer and screenwriter (d. 1997)

1931 Bill Miles American director and producer (d. 2013)

1931 Walter Stewart Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)

1931 Morgan Wootten American high school basketball coach (d. 2020)

1931 John Buchanan Canadian lawyer and politician 20th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2019)

1931 Ronald Hynd English dancer and choreographer

1931 Abdelhamid Kermali Algerian footballer and manager (d. 2013)

1931 Bridget Riley English painter and illustrator

1931 Felix Berezin Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980)

1931 David Shepherd English painter and author (d. 2017)

1931 Paul Almond Canadian director producer and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1931 Bernie Brillstein American talent agent and producer (d. 2008)

1931 John Cain Jr. Australian politician 41st Premier of Victoria (d. 2019)

1931 Igor Oistrakh Ukrainian violinist and educator (d. 2021)

1931 Frank Auerbach British-German painter

1931 Lonnie Donegan Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

1931 Chris Pearson Canadian politician 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)

1931 Naim Attallah Palestinian author (d. 2021)

1931 Phil Bruns American actor and stuntman (d. 2012)

1931 Martha Grimes American author and poet

1931 Vasily Rudenkov Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)

1931 Sait Maden Turkish translator poet painter and graphic designer (d. 2013)

1931 Jan Pesman Dutch speed skater (d. 2014)

1931 Gennady Rozhdestvensky Russian conductor and educator (d. 2018)

1931 Thomas Stuttaford English physician journalist and politician (d. 2018)

1931 Greg Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1999)

1931 Louis Gambaccini American government official (d. 2018)

1931 Teresa Brewer American singer (d. 2007)

1931 Gene Wolfe American author (d. 2019)

1931 Ettore Scola Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)

1931 Sydney Lipworth South African-English lawyer businessman and philanthropist

1931 Alvin Lucier American composer and academic (d. 2021)

1931 Ken Venturi American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)

1931 James Fitz-Allen Mitchell Vincentian politician and agronomist 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d. 2021)

1931 Vujadin Boškov Serbian footballer coach and manager (d. 2014)

1931 Hana Brady Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (d.1944)

1931 K. Natwar Singh Indian scholar and politician Indian Minister of External Affairs

1931 Lowell P. Weicker Jr. American soldier and politician 85th Governor of Connecticut

1931 Marshall Applewhite American cult leader founded Heaven's Gate (d. 1997)

1931 Dewey Redman American saxophonist (d. 2006)

1931 Bob Anderson English race car driver (d. 1967)

1931 Trevor Peacock English actor screenwriter and songwriter (d. 2021)

1931 Ken Boyer American baseball player and manager (d. 1982)

1931 Louis Smith American trumpeter (d. 2016)

1931 Barbara Barrie American actress

1931 Herb Gray Canadian lawyer and politician 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2014)

1931 Georgy Grechko Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2017)

1931 Irwin Winkler American director and producer

1931 André Barbeau French-Canadian neurologist (d. 1986)

1931 John Chapple English field marshal and politician Governor of Gibraltar

1931 Bernard Fresson French actor (d. 2002)

1931 Faten Hamama Egyptian actress and producer (d. 2015)

1931 Philip Kotler American author and professor

1931 Carroll Baker American actress

1931 Gordon Willis American cinematographer (d. 2014)

1931 Larry Silverstein American real estate magnate

1931 John Robert Schrieffer American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)

1931 Shirley Verrett American soprano and actress (d. 2010)

1931 Françoise Arnoul Algerian-French actress (d. 2021)

1931 John Norman American philosopher and author

1931 Lindy Remigino American runner and coach (d. 2018)

1931 Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Bahranian king (d. 1999)

1931 Gustav Nossal Austrian-Australian biologist and academic

1931 Yves Blais Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)

1931 Jacques Demy French actor director and screenwriter (d. 1990)

1931 Jerzy Prokopiuk Polish anthropologist and philosopher (d. 2021)

1931 Virginia McKenna English actress and author

1931 James Goldstone American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1931 Dana Wynter British actress (d. 2011)

1931 Nandini Satpathy Indian author and politician 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 2006)

1931 Bill Virdon American baseball player coach and manager

1931 Bryan Cartledge English academic and diplomat British Ambassador to Russia

1931 João Gilberto Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)

1931 Trevanian American author and scholar (d. 2005)

1931 Rona Jaffe American novelist (d. 2005)

1931 Nora Kovach Hungarian-American ballerina (d. 2009)

1931 Reed Scowen Canadian politician (d. 2020)

1931 Irvin D. Yalom American psychotherapist and academic

1931 Marla Gibbs American actress and comedian

1931 Ross Higgins Australian actor (d. 2016)

1931 Junior Walker American saxophonist (d. 1995)

1931 Joseph Gilbert English air marshal

1931 John Baldessari American painter and illustrator (d. 2020)

1931 Fernando Henrique Cardoso Brazilian sociologist academic and politician 34th President of Brazil

1931 Olympia Dukakis American actress (d. 2021)

1931 James Tolkan American actor and director

1931 Zlatko Grgić Croatian-Canadian animator director and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1931 Margaret Heckler American journalist lawyer and politician 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2018)

1931 David Kushnir Israeli Olympic long-jumper (d. 2020)

1931 Ruby Garrard Woodson American educator and cultural historian (d. 2008)

1931 Gunnar Uusi Estonian chess player (d. 1981)

1931 Ola Ullsten Swedish politician and diplomat (d. 2018)

1931 V. P. Singh Indian lawyer and politician 7th Prime Minister of India (d. 2008)

1931 Colin Wilson English philosopher and author (d. 2013)

1931 Charles Bronfman Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist

1931 Martinus J. G. Veltman Dutch physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)

1931 Hans Alfredson Swedish actor director and screenwriter (d. 2017)

1931 Junior Johnson American race car driver (d. 2019)

1931 Lucien Victor Belgian cyclist (d. 1995)

1931 Sevim Burak Turkish author (d. 1983)

1931 Yo-Yo Davalillo Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2013)

1931 Andrew Hill American pianist and composer (d. 2007)

1931 Ronald Rene Lagueux American judge

1931 Kaye Vaughan American football player

1931 Leslie Caron French actress and dancer

1931 Mohammad Yazdi Iranian cleric (d. 2020)

1931 Stephen Boyd Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)

1931 Rick Casares American football player and soldier (d. 2013)

1931 Sébastien Japrisot French author director and screenwriter (d. 2003)

1931 Peter Richardson English cricketer (d. 2017)

1931 Ismail Mahomed South African lawyer and politician 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2000)

1931 Della Reese American actress and singer (d. 2017)

1931 László Tábori Hungarian runner and coach (d. 2018)

1931 David Eddings American author and academic (d. 2009)

1931 Haynes Johnson American journalist and author (d. 2013)

1931 Sylvia Bacon American judge

1931 Nick Adams American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)

1931 Jerry Herman American composer and songwriter (d. 2019)

1931 Julian May American author (d. 2017)

1931 Alice Munro Canadian short story writer Nobel Prize laureate

1931 Dick Gray American baseball player (d. 2013)

1931 Thurston Harris American doo-wop singer (d. 1990)

1931 Tab Hunter American actor and singer (d. 2018)

1931 Tullio Regge Italian physicist and academic (d. 2014)

1931 Frank Ramsey American basketball player and coach (d. 2018)

1931 Jacqueline de Ribes French fashion designer and philanthropist

1931 Clive Cussler American archaeologist and author (d. 2020)

1931 Joanna Merlin American actress and casting director

1931 Jacques-Yvan Morin Canadian lawyer and politician Deputy Premier of Quebec

1931 Tony Marsh English race car driver (d. 2009)

1931 Sonny Clark American pianist and composer (d. 1963)

1931 Plas Johnson American saxophonist

1931 Leon Schidlowsky Chilean-Israeli painter and composer

1931 Leo Labine Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)

1931 Te Atairangikaahu Māori queen (d. 2006)

1931 Claude Fournier Canadian director screenwriter and cinematographer

1931 Guy Fournier Canadian author and screenwriter

1931 Ermanno Olmi Italian director screenwriter and cinematographer (d. 2018)

1931 Éric Tabarly French commander (d. 1998)

1931 James Butler English sculptor and educator (d. 2022)

1931 Telê Santana Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006)

1931 Khieu Samphan Cambodian academic and politician 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia

1931 Jerry Van Dyke American actor (d. 2018)

1931 Alan Brownjohn English poet and author

1931 Johnny Martin Australian cricketer (d. 1992)

1931 Kjell Karlsen Norwegian pianist composer and bandleader (d. 2020)

1931 Dominique Lapierre French historian and author

1931 Marina Popovich Soviet pilot engineer and military officer (d. 2017)

1931 Nick Bollettieri American tennis player and coach (d. 2022)

1931 Kenny Burrell American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1931 Ramblin' Jack Elliott American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1931 Trevor Goddard South African cricketer (d. 2016)

1931 Pierre DuMaine American bishop and academic (d. 2019)

1931 Eddie Fuller South African cricketer (d. 2008)

1931 Karl Miller English journalist and critic (d. 2014)

1931 Viliam Schrojf Czech footballer (d. 2007)

1931 Naren Tamhane Indian cricketer (d. 2002)

1931 Tom Hafey Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)

1931 Chalmers Johnson American scholar and author (d. 2010)

1931 Jack Good British television producer (d. 2017)

1931 Charles E. Rice American scholar and author (d. 2015)

1931 Roger Penrose English physicist mathematician and philosopher Nobel Prize laureate

1931 Chuck Essegian American baseball player and lawyer

1931 James Freeman Gilbert American geophysicist and academic (d. 2014)

1931 Paula Kent Meehan American businesswoman co-founded Redken (d. 2014)

1931 Mário Zagallo Brazilian footballer and coach

1931 Dolores Alexander American journalist and activist (d. 2008)

1931 Tom Laughlin American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1931 William Goldman American author playwright and screenwriter (d. 2018)

1931 Frederic Raphael American journalist author and screenwriter

1931 Ernest C. Brace American captain and pilot (d. 2014)

1931 Richard F. Heck American chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

1931 Tony Wrigley English historian demographer and academic (d. 2022)

1931 Bramwell Tillsley Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2019)

1931 Hans van Mierlo Dutch journalist and politician Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2010)

1931 Grant Williams American film theater and television actor (d. 1985)

1931 Don King American boxing promoter

1931 Hamilton O. Smith American microbiologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1931 Regis Philbin American actor and television host (d. 2020)

1931 Kálmán Markovits Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009)

1931 Sri Chinmoy Indian-American guru and poet (d. 2007)

1931 Joe Cunningham American baseball player and coach (d. 2021)

1931 Tito Capobianco Argentinian director and producer (d. 2018)

1931 Cristina Deutekom Dutch soprano and actress (d. 2014)

1931 Ola L. Mize American colonel Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)

1931 John Shirley-Quirk English actor singer and educator (d. 2014)

1931 Roger Williams English hepatologist and academic (d. 2020)

1931 Stelios Kazantzidis Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001)

1931 Lise Payette Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2018)

1931 Jack Swigert American pilot and astronaut (d. 1982)

1931 Noble Willingham American actor (d. 2004)

1931 Abdul Haq Ansari Indian theologian and scholar (d. 2012)

1931 Beano Cook American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2012)

1931 Cecil Parkinson English accountant and politician Secretary of State for Transport (d. 2016)

1931 Boxcar Willie American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

1931 Clifford Jordan American saxophonist (d. 1993)

1931 Alan K. Simpson American politician senator of Wyoming

1931 Dick Motta American basketball player and coach

1931 Guy Spitaels Belgian academic and politician 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (d. 2012)

1931 Mitzi Gaynor American actress singer and dancer

1931 Antonios Trakatellis Greek biochemist and politician

1931 Bud Shrake American journalist author and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1931 Charles Camilleri Maltese composer and conductor (d. 2009)

1931 Marion Brown American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)

1931 John Garrett English politician (d. 2007)

1931 Robin Hyman English author and publisher (d. 2017)

1931 Zoltán Latinovits Hungarian actor and author (d. 1976)

1931 Ida Mae Martinez American wrestler (d. 2010)

1931 Shirley Summerskill English physician and politician

1931 Margaret Tyzack English actress (d. 2011)

1931 Isabel Colegate English author and agent

1931 Philip Baker Hall American actor (d. 2022)

1931 Hans-Ulrich Wehler German historian and academic (d. 2014)

1931 Ian Holm English actor (d. 2020)

1931 George Jones American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1931 Barbara Bain American actress

1931 Robert Bédard Canadian tennis player and sportscaster

1931 Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Australian sprinter and politician 33rd Governor of South Australia

1931 Rein Maran Estonian cinematographer

1931 Lauretta Ngcobo South African novelist and essayist (d. 2015)

1931 Brian Henderson New Zealand-Australian journalist actor and producer (d. 2021)

1931 K. D. Arulpragasam Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2003)

1931 Little Willie Littlefield American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2013)

1931 Jean-Claude Carrière French actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)

1931 Julio Grondona Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)

1931 Brook Benton American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (d. 1988)

1931 Derek Gardner English engineer (d. 2011)

1931 Cherd Songsri Thai director producer and screenwriter (d. 2006)

1931 Fay Weldon English author and playwright (d. 2023)

1931 George Younger 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie Scottish banker and politician Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2003)

1931 Hilly Kristal American businessman founded CBGB (d. 2007)

1931 Stan Lynde American author and illustrator (d. 2013)

1931 Gerald Merrithew Canadian educator and politician (d. 2004)

1931 Elizabeth Blackadder Scottish painter and printmaker (d. 2021)

1931 Cardiss Collins American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

1931 Brian Glanville English journalist and author

1931 Anthony Newley English singer and actor (d. 1999)

1931 Mike Parkes English race car driver (d. 1977)

1931 Manouchehr Atashi Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2005)

1931 Bryan John Birch English mathematician and scholar

1931 Kenneth Parnell American sex offender (d. 2008)

1931 Freddy Quinn Austrian singer guitarist and actor

1931 James Cronin American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

1931 Joseph M. McDade American politician (d. 2017)

1931 Angie Dickinson American actress

1931 Teresa Gorman English educator and politician (d. 2015)

1931 Sylvano Bussotti Italian violinist and composer

1931 Anwar Shamim Pakistani general (d. 2013)

1931 Alan Wagner American radio host and critic (d. 2007)

1931 Terence Conran English designer and businessman (d. 2020)

1931 Basil D'Oliveira South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011)

1931 Richard Rorty American philosopher and author (d. 2007)

1931 Rosalie Gower Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)

1931 Nikolai Chernykh Russian astronomer (d. 2004)

1931 Eileen Derbyshire English actress

1931 Riccardo Giacconi Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

1931 Cotton Fitzsimmons American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)

1931 Tommy Lewis American football player and coach (d. 2014)

1931 R. Sivagurunathan Sri Lankan journalist lawyer and academic (d. 2003)

1931 Bill Brown Scottish-Canadian footballer (d. 2004)

1931 Tony Booth English actor (d. 2017)

1931 Homer Smith American football player and coach (d. 2011)

1931 Ole-Johan Dahl Norwegian computer scientist and academic co-developed Simula (d. 2002)

1931 Eddie Mathews American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)

1931 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Indian engineer academic and politician 11th President of India (d. 2015)

1931 Pauline Perry Baroness Perry of Southwark English academic and politician

1931 Charles Colson American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

1931 Valery Klimov Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2022)

1931 Rosa Rosal Filipino actress

1931 P. W. Underwood American football player and coach (d. 2013)

1931 Ernst Hinterberger Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)

1931 José Alencar Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)

1931 Anatoly Pristavkin Russian writer (d. 2008)

1931 Chris Albertson Icelandic-American historian journalist and producer (d. 2019)

1931 Roger Climpson English-Australian journalist

1931 Ien Dales Dutch civil servant and politician Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1994)

1931 Ed Emberley American author and illustrator

1931 John le Carré English intelligence officer and author (d. 2020)

1931 Atsushi Miyagi Japanese tennis player

1931 Richard Caliguiri American lawyer and politician 54th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 1988)

1931 Ken Morrison English businessman (d. 2017)

1931 Shammi Kapoor Indian actor and director (d. 2011)

1931 Jim Parks junior English cricketer and manager

1931 Ann Rule American police officer and author (d. 2015)

1931 William P. Clark Jr. American judge and politician 12th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2013)

1931 Diana Dors English actress (d. 1984)

1931 Sofia Gubaidulina Russian-German pianist and composer

1931 Ken Utsui Japanese actor (d. 2014)

1931 Suhaila Noah Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 2014)

1931 Nawal El Saadawi Egyptian physician psychiatrist and author (d. 2021)

1931 Anatoliy Zayaev Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1931 Harold Battiste American saxophonist pianist and composer (d. 2015)

1931 Vince Callahan American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)

1931 David M. Wilson Manx archaeologist historian and curator

1931 Yossef Gutfreund Israeli wrestler and coach (d. 1972)

1931 Shunsuke Kikuchi Japanese composer (d. 2021)

1931 Arne Pedersen Norwegian footballer and manager (d. 2013)

1931 Phil Woods American saxophonist composer and bandleader (d. 2015)

1931 Yon Hyong-muk North Korean soldier and politician 7th Premier of North Korea (d. 2005)

1931 Monica Vitti Italian actress singer and screenwriter (d. 2022)

1931 Michael Fu Tieshan Chinese bishop (d. 2007)

1931 Bernard Francis Law Mexican-American cardinal (d. 2017)

1931 Leonard Herzenberg American immunologist geneticist and academic (d. 2013)

1931 Gil Hill American actor police officer and politician (d. 2016)

1931 Harold McNair Jamaican-English saxophonist and flute player (d. 1971)

1931 Ike Turner American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (d. 2007)

1931 Diane Pearson British book editor and novelist (d. 2017)

1931 G. Edward Griffin American director producer and author

1931 Jim Redman English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer

1931 Morley Safer Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2016)

1931 Paolo Taviani Italian film director and screenwriter

1931 Whitey Herzog American baseball player and manager

1931 George Witt American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

1931 Valery Shumakov Russian surgeon and transplantologist (d. 2008)

1931 Lilly Pulitzer American fashion designer (d. 2013)

1931 Adrienne Corri Scottish actress (d. 2016)

1931 John Kerr American actor singer and lawyer (d. 2013)

1931 Mwai Kibaki Kenyan economist and politician 3rd President of Kenya (d. 2022)

1931 Pascal Lissouba Congolese politician President of the Republic of the Congo (d. 2020)

1931 Luciano Bottaro Italian author and illustrator (d. 2006)

1931 Hubert Sumlin American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)

1931 Wayne Moore American swimmer (d. 2015)

1931 Lewis Binford American archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)

1931 Revaz Dogonadze Georgian chemist and physicist (d. 1985)

1931 Stanley Kalms Baron Kalms English businessman

1931 Malcolm Williamson Australian pianist and composer (d. 2003)

1931 Tommy Allsup American guitarist (d. 2017)

1931 Arthur Chaskalson South African lawyer and judge 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2012)

1931 Nat Adderley American cornet and trumpet player (d. 2000)

1931 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Argentinian painter sculptor and activist Nobel Prize laureate

1931 Adrianus Johannes Simonis Dutch cardinal (d. 2020)

1931 Shintaro Katsu Japanese actor singer director and producer (d. 1997)

1931 Vivian Lynn New Zealand artist (d. 2018)

1931 Margot Zemach American author and illustrator (d. 1989)

1931 Jimmy Lyons American saxophonist (d. 1986)

1931 Jim Nesbitt American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)

1931 George Maxwell Richards Trinidadian politician 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2018)

1931 Nigel Calder English journalist author and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1931 Masaaki Hatsumi Japanese martial artist and educator founded Bujinkan

1931 Wynton Kelly American pianist and composer (d. 1971)

1931 Gareth Wigan British film studio executive (d. 2010)

1931 Franz Josef Degenhardt German author and poet (d. 2011)

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