Birthdays in History in 1931

About 1931

How Old? 86 or 87 years old
Generation: Traditionalist or Silent Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Horse (Jan 1 - Feb 16), Goat/Sheep (Feb 17 - Dec 31)

Birthdays in History

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 306

Boris Yeltsin

Feb 1 Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician and President of Russian Federation (1991-1999), born in Butka, Sverdlovsk, (d. 2007)

Feb 1 Mark Richmond, CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council)
Feb 2 Dries van Agt, Dutch Prime Minister (CDA, 1977-82), born in Geldrop, Netherlands
Feb 2 Judith Viorst, American author
Feb 4 Isabel Martínez de Perón, [Maria Martinez], wife of Juan Perón and President of Argentina (1974-76), born in La Rioja, Argentina
Feb 9 Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter, born in Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 10 Thomas Bernhard, writer
Feb 12 Constance A Morella, (Rep-R-Maryland)

Feb 12 Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author
Feb 15 W K Reid, British ombudsman
Feb 16 Alfred Kolleritsch, Austrian writer, born in Eichfeld
Feb 16 George E Sangmeister, (Rep-D-Illinois)
Feb 18 Johnny Hart, cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id), born in Endicott, New York (d. 2007)
Feb 18 Maxwell Thurman, US General
Feb 18 Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)
Feb 18 Toni Morrison, Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon)
Feb 23 Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist and sculptor (Great American Nudes) (d. 2004)
Feb 24 Inge Bernstein, British judge
Feb 24 Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russian cosmonaut
Feb 24 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism
Feb 24 Marta Marzotto, Italian countess and designer, born in Reggio Emilia (d. 2016)
Feb 25 Edward Kellett-Bowman, British MEP
Feb 25 J R Stephenson, Lt-col/secretary (MCC)
Feb 27 Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable (Strathcourt)
Feb 28 Gustav Thoni, Italian skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
Feb 28 Jack Thieuloy, French writer, born in Beaucaire (d. 1996)
Feb 28 Iajuddin Ahmed, Bikrampur, British Raj, President (Bangladesh, 2002-2009), (d. 2012)
Mar 2 Duane Graveline, doctor and astronaut, born in Newport Vermont (d. 2016)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mar 2 Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-91), born in Stavropol, Russia

Mar 2 Tom Wolfe, journalist and author (Right Stuff), born in Richmond, Virginia
Mar 3 Henk Knol, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
Mar 3 Piet [van] Bambergen, Dutch cabaretier (Mounties, Sherlock Jones)
Mar 4 Han Jansen, Dutch painter
Mar 4 Alice Rivlin, American economist
Mar 5 Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player (London Symph Orch 1955-68), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Mar 5 Fred Othon Aristidès, French comics artist
Mar 6 David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker's Almanack)
Mar 6 Hal Needham, American stuntman, (d. 2013)

Mar 7 Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press
Mar 8 John McPhee, author (Back to ----)
Mar 8 Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)
Mar 9 Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer, born in Hallstahammar, Sweden (d. 2007)
Mar 11 Peter Walters, CEO (Midland Bank)
Mar 12 Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection)
Mar 12 Herbert Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
Mar 13 Marc Dessauvage, Belgian architect, born in Moorslede, Belgium (d. 1984)
Mar 16 Don Richard Carpenter, novelist
Mar 17 David Peakall, British scientist (d. 2001)
Mar 18 Howard Coble, American politician (Rep-R-NC, 1985-2015), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2015)
Mar 20 David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission)
Mar 20 John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics)
Mar 21 Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist
Mar 22 Igor Hajek, translator/writer
Mar 22 Leslie Thomas, Welsh writer (The Virgin Soldiers), born in Newport (d. 2014)
Mar 23 Norman F Lent, (Rep-R-NY, 1971- 93 ), (d. 2012)
Mar 27 Bob Bauman, CEO (British Aerospace)
Mar 29 Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker and multi-millionaire, born in Westminster, London
Mar 29 James Weatherhead, moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland), born in Dundee (d. 2017)
Mar 29 Norman Tebbit, British Conservative party politician, cabinet minister and life peer, born in Ponders End, England
Mar 29 Sylvia Law, British town planner (President of the Royal Town Planning Institute), born in Southport, Lancashire
Mar 30 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut
Apr 1 Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Deputy)
Apr 1 Charles Price, American Businessman and diplomat, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2012)
Apr 4 Denis Frank Owen, British ecologist and natural historian, born in London (d. 1996)
Apr 4 Harold Volkmer, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri, born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 2011)
Apr 4 Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director, born in Rhonesboro, Texas
Apr 5 Denis Lawton, director (London University Institute of Educ)
Apr 7 Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot
Apr 7 Donald Barthelme, American writer (Snow White, Sadness), born in Philadelphia, Pa (d. 1989)
Apr 9 Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)
Apr 9 Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (d. 1991)
Apr 10 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet and playwright, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 2009)
Apr 13 Beverley Cross, playwright
Apr 15 Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet (Nobel Prize for Literature - 2011), born in Stockholm (d. 2015)
Apr 16 Piet de Visser, Dutch politician (PvdA)
Apr 17 Joan Clague, director of nursing services (Marie Curie Foundation)
Apr 17 John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor (London)
Apr 17 Joyce Molyneux, British chef and author

Apr 17 Ruth Etchells, principal (St John's College-Durham)
Apr 19 Denis Henry, British high court judge
Apr 19 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
Apr 19 Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
Apr 20 Lee H. Hamilton, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana, born in Daytona Beach, Florida
Apr 22 Henk Gortzak, Dutch carpenter, communist leader, and politician (CPN/PSP)
Apr 22 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet)
Apr 24 Bridget Riley, British painter (op-art), born in Norwood London, England
Apr 25 David Shepherd, British painter (paintings of steam locomotives), born in Hendon, London (d. 2017)
Apr 25 Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), born in Moscow (d. 1980)
Apr 29 Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
Apr 29 Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter
Apr 30 William L [Bill] Clay, (Rep-D-MO, 1969- )
May 3 Joe Layton, American director and choreographer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
May 3 Thomas Sutherland, American hostage (Lebanon) and academic, born in Falkirk, Scotland (d. 2016)
May 4 Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and medical columnist (The Times), born in Norfolk, England
May 5 Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d, 1999)
May 6 Marvin Leath, (Rep-D-TX, 1979- )
May 7 Gene Wolfe, American sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete), born in NYC, New York
May 7 Nel Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education (VVD), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2012)
May 9 Vance DeVoe Brand, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35), born in Longmont, Colorado
May 10 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
May 11 Stephen Smalley, rev/dean (Chester)
May 12 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
May 13 Eileen Diss, theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)

Jim Jones

May 13 Jim Jones, American Leader of Peoples Temple cult (Jonestown Massacre), born in Randolph County, Indiana (d. 1978)

May 13 Sydney Lipworth, CEO (Monopolies & Mergers Commission)
May 13 William Utting, chief inspector (British Social Services)
May 15 F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
May 16 Lowell P Weicker, (Sen-R-CT, 1971-88/Gov-D-CT)
May 16 Peter Levi, poet/writer
May 16 Natwar Singh, Indian politician
May 16 Hana Brady, Jewish Czech Holocaust victim (Hanna's Suitcase), born in Prague (d. 1944)
May 18 Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
May 21 George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus (1988-93)
May 25 Aili Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter
May 27 Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
May 27 John Chapple, British chief of General Staff
May 27 James Wilson, criminologist ('Zero Tolerance' policing), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
May 28 Stephen Birmingham, American author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2015)

May 29 Carl Toms, stage designer
May 31 John Schrieffer, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
May 31 Steve Horn, (Rep-R-California)

Raúl Castro

Jun 3 Raúl Castro, 18th President of Cuba (2008-) and former revolutionary, born in Biran, Holguin, Cuba

Jun 5 Jacques Demy, French director (Lola, Magic Donkey)
Jun 5 John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
Jun 5 Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
Jun 6 Lloyd Lindroth, American harpist, The Liberace of the Harp, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1994)
Jun 7 Malcolm Morley, English-American painter, born in London (d. 2018)
Jun 8 Ivan V. Lalić, Serbian poet, born in Belgrade (d. 1996)
Jun 8 Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1996)
Jun 11 Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom, Scottish judge, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Jun 13 Lachlan Macleay, USAF/pilot
Jun 13 Irvin D. Yalom, psychotherapist, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University
Jun 16 Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader
Jun 16 Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), born in Portland, Oregon
Jun 17 John Baldessari, American artist
Jun 18 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002
Jun 19 "Against Iain" duke of Atholl, English large landowner
Jun 20 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor (Oxford University)
Jun 21 Margaret Heckler, US Secretary of Health & Human Services (1983-85)
Jun 22 Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
Jun 22 Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukranian politician and diplomat (UN General Assembly President, 1997-98), born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine (d. 2013)
Jun 23 Urs Jaeggi, Swiss sociologist and writer, born in Solothurn, Switzerland
Jun 24 Leslie Cochran, peace activist and police critic, born in Miami, Florida (d. 2012)
Jun 25 V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (1989-90), born in Allahabad, British India (d. 2008)
Jun 26 Colin Wilson, English author (Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries), born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England (d. 2013)
Jun 27 Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American CEO (Seagrams, Montreal Expos) and philanthropist, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jun 30 Johannes Gruijters, Dutch mayor (D66-Lelystad)
Jun 30 Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
Jul 1 Leslie Caron, French-American actress (Gigi, Father Goose), born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, Seine
Jul 3 Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
Jul 5 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal
Jul 6 Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician
Jul 6 Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (Birds of September, A Cat’s Diary), born in Kfeir, Lebanon (d. 2018)
Jul 7 David Eddings, American sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon)
Jul 10 Alice Munro, Canadian author (Dance of the Happy Shades) and Nobel laureate 2013, born in Wingham, Ontario, Canada
Jul 10 Del Insko, harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader), born in Amboy, Minnesota
Jul 10 Julian May, American sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
Jul 11 Hans Klein, politician
Jul 11 Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor
Jul 11 Tullio Regge, Italian physicist
Jul 12 J. Bob Traxler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in Kawkawlin, Michigan
Jul 12 Lord Clinton, English large landowner and multi-millionaire
Jul 14 Donald Eugene Webb, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jul 15 Clive Cussler, Aurora Illinois, American writer (Raise The Titanic, Sahara)
Jul 15 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs
Jul 16 Lady Caroline Blackwood, British journalist and writer (The Last of the Duchess), born in London (d. 1996)
Jul 18 "Papa" Dee Allen, American percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1988)

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