| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Walter Abish |
Author |
24-Dec-1931 |
|
Alphabetical Africa |
| Duane Acklie |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Crete Carrier Corporation |
| Nick Adams |
Actor |
10-Jul-1931 |
7-Feb-1968 |
Johnny Yuma on The Rebel |
| Iajuddin Ahmed |
Head of State |
1-Feb-1931 |
|
President of Bangladesh |
| Alvin Ailey |
Dancer |
5-Jan-1931 |
1-Dec-1989 |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Rolando Alphonso |
Musician |
12-Jan-1931 |
20-Nov-1998 |
Horn player, Ska/Reggae pioneer |
| Cecil D. Andrus |
Politician |
25-Aug-1931 |
|
Twice Governor of Idaho |
| Marshall Applewhite |
Religion |
17-May-1931 |
26-Mar-1997 |
Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide |
| Rand V. Araskog |
Business |
30-Oct-1931 |
|
CEO of ITT, 1979-98 |
| Roone Arledge |
Sports Figure |
8-Jul-1931 |
5-Dec-2002 |
Created Wide World of Sports |
| Diego Asencio |
Diplomat |
15-Jul-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1983-86 |
| Barbara Bain |
Actor |
13-Sep-1931 |
|
Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999 |
| Carroll Baker |
Actor |
28-May-1931 |
|
Baby Doll |
| George Baker |
Actor |
1-Apr-1931 |
|
Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
| Anne Bancroft |
Actor |
17-Sep-1931 |
6-Jun-2005 |
Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate |
| Ernie Banks |
Baseball |
31-Jan-1931 |
|
National League MVP 1958 and 1959 |
| Barbara Barrie |
Actor |
23-May-1931 |
|
Mrs. Barney Miller |
| Donald Barthelme |
Author |
7-Apr-1931 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Come Back, Dr. Caligari |
| Jean Béliveau |
Hockey |
31-Aug-1931 |
|
Montreal Canadiens, 1950-71 |
| Jill Bennett |
Actor |
24-Dec-1931 |
4-Oct-1990 |
The Sheltering Sky |
| Roger S. Berlind |
Film/TV Producer |
c. 1931 |
|
Broadway producer |
| Patricia Blair |
Actor |
15-Jan-1931 |
|
Rebecca on Daniel Boone |
| Claire Bloom |
Actor |
15-Feb-1931 |
|
Crimes and Misdemeanors |
| Stephen Boyd |
Actor |
4-Jul-1931 |
2-Jun-1977 |
Ben-Hur |
| Robert F. Brachtenbach |
Judge |
28-Jan-1931 |
2-May-2008 |
Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94 |
| Carl Brashear |
Military |
19-Jan-1931 |
25-Jul-2006 |
Navy diver |
| Teresa Brewer |
Singer |
7-May-1931 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Till I Waltz Again with You |
| Diane Brewster |
Actor |
11-Mar-1931 |
12-Nov-1991 |
Miss Canfield on Leave It to Beaver |
| Norman Brinker |
Business |
3-Jun-1931 |
|
Former Chair, Brinker International |
| Paul Brodeur |
Novelist |
16-May-1931 |
|
The Sick Fox |
| Charles Bronfman |
Business |
27-Jun-1931 |
|
Fifth richest person in Canada |
| Fred Brooks |
Author |
19-Apr-1931 |
|
The Mythical Man-Month |
| Earle Bruce |
Football |
8-Mar-1931 |
|
OSU Head Coach, 1979-87 |
| Algis Budrys |
Author |
9-Jan-1931 |
|
Rogue Moon |
| Jim Bunning |
Politician |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Jonathan J. Bush |
Relative |
1931 |
|
Brother of George H.W. Bush |
| Robert C. Butler |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
CFO of International Paper, 1988-95 |
| Joseph Califano |
Government |
15-May-1931 |
|
Carter's HEW Secretary |
| Richard Caliguiri |
Politician |
20-Oct-1931 |
6-May-1988 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1978-88 |
| Leslie Caron |
Dancer |
1-Jul-1931 |
|
Gigi |
| John Le Carré |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1931 |
|
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
| Julian Carroll |
Politician |
16-Apr-1931 |
|
Governor of Kentucky, 1974-79 |
| Bud Carson |
Football |
28-Apr-1931 |
8-Dec-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77 |
| Billy Casper |
Golf |
24-Jun-1931 |
|
Won 3 majors, plus 51 PGA Tour wins |
| Raúl Castro |
Government |
3-Jun-1931 |
|
President of Cuba |
| Sri Chinmoy |
Religion |
27-Aug-1931 |
11-Oct-2007 |
Meditation guru |
| William P. Clark |
Government |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85 |
| William L. Clay |
Politician |
30-Apr-1931 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001 |
| Howard Coble |
Politician |
18-Mar-1931 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 6th |
| Cardiss Collins |
Politician |
24-Sep-1931 |
|
Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97 |
| Chuck Colson |
Government |
16-Oct-1931 |
|
Minister, former Watergate figure |
| Sam Cooke |
Singer |
22-Jan-1931 |
11-Dec-1964 |
Soul and R&B singer |
| Adrienne Corri |
Actor |
13-Nov-1931 |
|
A Clockwork Orange |
| Purdy Crawford |
Business |
1931 |
|
CEO of Imasco Limited, 1985-95 |
| James W. Cronin |
Physicist |
29-Sep-1931 |
|
Time not necessarily reversible |
| Eddie Crowder |
Football |
26-Aug-1931 |
9-Sep-2008 |
Colorado Head Coach, 1963-73 |
| Thomas H. Cruikshank |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
CEO of Halliburton, 1983-95 |
| Kenneth M. Curtis |
Politician |
8-Feb-1931 |
|
Governor of Maine, 1967-74 |
| Clive Cussler |
Author |
15-Jul-1931 |
|
Raising the Titanic |
| Walter Cutler |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1984-87 |
| John N. Dalton |
Politician |
11-Jul-1931 |
30-Jul-1986 |
Governor of Virginia, 1978-82 |
| Ray Danton |
Actor |
19-Sep-1931 |
11-Feb-1992 |
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond |
| Georgine Darcy |
Actor |
14-Jan-1931 |
18-Jul-2004 |
Miss Torso in Rear Window |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| Skeeter Davis |
Country Musician |
30-Dec-1931 |
19-Sep-2004 |
Country vocalist at Grand Ole Opry |
| James Dean |
Actor |
8-Feb-1931 |
30-Sep-1955 |
Lived fast, died young |
| Jacques Demy |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1931 |
27-Oct-1990 |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| Ralph D. DeNunzio |
Business |
17-Nov-1931 |
|
CEO of Kidder Peabody, 1980-87 |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Michel Deville |
Film Director |
13-Apr-1931 |
|
La Lectrice |
| Angie Dickinson |
Actor |
30-Sep-1931 |
|
Police Woman |
| Ivan Dixon |
Actor |
6-Apr-1931 |
16-Mar-2008 |
Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes |
| E. L. Doctorow |
Author |
6-Jan-1931 |
|
The Book of Daniel |
| Jack Dodson |
Actor |
16-May-1931 |
16-Sep-1994 |
The Andy Griffith Show |
| Bill Donaldson |
Government |
2-Jun-1931 |
|
SEC Chairman, 2003-05 |
| Diana Dors |
Actor |
23-Oct-1931 |
4-May-1984 |
Yield to the Night |
| Robert R. Douglass |
Attorney |
1931 |
|
Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan, 1985-93 |
| Olympia Dukakis |
Actor |
20-Jun-1931 |
|
Tales of the City |
| Charles F. Dunbar |
Diplomat |
1-Apr-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91 |
| Robert Duvall |
Actor |
5-Jan-1931 |
|
Tom Hagen in The Godfather |
| Ronald Dworkin |
Philosopher |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
Taking Rights Seriously |
| Archie R. Dykes |
Educator |
20-Jan-1931 |
|
University Chancellor |
| John Porter East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| David Eddings |
Author |
7-Jul-1931 |
|
The Belgariad |
| Anita Ekberg |
Actor |
29-Sep-1931 |
|
Artists and Models |
| Daniel Ellsberg |
Government |
7-Apr-1931 |
|
Pentagon Papers source |
| Adolfo Pérez Esquivel |
Activist |
26-Nov-1931 |
|
Nobel Peace Prize recipient |
| Thomas B. Evans, Jr. |
Politician |
5-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman from Delaware, 1977-83 |
| Chuck Feeney |
Business |
23-Apr-1931 |
|
Duty Free Shoppers |
| Eugene C. Fiedorek |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
EnCap Investments |
| Hal Fishman |
Journalist |
25-Aug-1931 |
7-Aug-2007 |
Los Angeles TV news anchor |
| Cotton Fitzsimmons |
Basketball |
7-Oct-1931 |
24-Jul-2004 |
21 seasons as NBA head coach |
| David W. Fox |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
CEO of Northern Trust, 1990-95 |
| Dick Gautier |
Actor |
30-Oct-1931 |
|
Hymie on Get Smart |
| Mitzi Gaynor |
Actor |
4-Sep-1931 |
|
South Pacific |
| Bernie Geoffrion |
Hockey |
14-Feb-1931 |
11-Mar-2006 |
Montreal Canadiens, 1950-64 |
| Wally George |
TV Personality |
4-Dec-1931 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Abusive conservative spectacle |
| Riccardo Giacconi |
Scientist |
6-Oct-1931 |
|
Discovered cosmic X-ray sources |
| Marla Gibbs |
Actor |
14-Jun-1931 |
|
Florence on The Jeffersons |
| Roberto C. Goizueta |
Business |
18-Nov-1931 |
18-Oct-1997 |
CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97 |
| William Goldman |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1931 |
|
Marathon Man, Princess Bride |
| Mary L. Good |
Educator |
20-Jun-1931 |
|
Donaghey Professor, U. Arkansas |
| Mikhail Gorbachev |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1931 |
|
Final leader of the Soviet Union |
| Eydie Gorme |
Musician |
16-Aug-1931 |
|
Blame it on the Bossa Nova |
| Bill Graham |
Business |
8-Jan-1931 |
25-Oct-1991 |
60s rock promoter |
| Larry Hagman |
Actor |
21-Sep-1931 |
|
J.R. Ewing on Dallas |
| Glenn Hall |
Hockey |
3-Oct-1931 |
|
Mr. Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
| Philip Baker Hall |
Actor |
10-Sep-1931 |
|
Magnolia |
| Lee H. Hamilton |
Politician |
20-Apr-1931 |
|
9-11 Commission vice chairman |
| Hanoi Hannah |
Radio Personality |
1931 |
|
VC propagandist during Vietnam War |
| Johnny Hart |
Cartoonist |
18-Feb-1931 |
7-Apr-2007 |
The Wizard of Id, B.C. |
| Martin Harwit |
Astronomer |
9-Mar-1931 |
|
Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy |
| Jim Haslam |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Pilot Corporation |
| Ulric Haynes |
Diplomat |
8-Jun-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81 |
| Shirley Hazzard |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1931 |
|
The Transit of Venus |
| Margaret Heckler |
Politician |
21-Jun-1931 |
|
US Secretary of HHS, 1983-85 |
| Ian Hendry |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Get Carter |
| Whitey Herzog |
Baseball |
9-Nov-1931 |
|
The White Rat |
| Darryl Hickman |
Actor |
28-Jul-1931 |
|
The Happy Years |
| Roderick M. Hills |
Politician |
9-Mar-1931 |
|
SEC Chairman, 1975-77 |
| Ian Holm |
Actor |
12-Sep-1931 |
|
Time Bandits |
| Darla Hood |
Actor |
8-Nov-1931 |
13-Jun-1979 |
The Little Rascals |
| Stephen Horn |
Politician |
31-May-1931 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-2003 |
| Tab Hunter |
Actor |
11-Jul-1931 |
|
Damn Yankees |
| Chun Doo Hwan |
Head of State |
18-Jan-1931 |
|
President of South Korea, 1980-88 |
| Bobby Ray Inman |
Military |
4-Apr-1931 |
|
Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director |
| Edgar D. Jannotta |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Chairman, William Blair & Company |
| David Janssen |
Actor |
27-Mar-1931 |
13-Feb-1980 |
The Fugitive |
| Bob Johnson |
Hockey |
4-Mar-1931 |
26-Nov-1991 |
Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer |
| Dean Jones |
Actor |
25-Jan-1931 |
|
That Darn Cat! |
| George Jones |
Country Musician |
12-Sep-1931 |
|
Country singer, White Lightning |
| James Earl Jones |
Actor |
17-Jan-1931 |
|
Voice of Darth Vader and CNN |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
18-Sep-2008 |
Absurdist composer |
| A. P. J. Kalam |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1931 |
|
11th President of India 2002-07 |
| William Cardinal Keeler |
Religion |
4-Mar-1931 |
|
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1989-2007 |
| Herb Kelleher |
Business |
12-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder of Southwest Airlines |
| Thomas F. Keller |
Educator |
22-Sep-1931 |
|
Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96 |
| Donald Kennedy |
Educator |
18-Aug-1931 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Science |
| John Kerr |
Actor |
15-Nov-1931 |
|
Tea and Sympathy |
| Mwai Kibaki |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1931 |
|
President of Kenya |
| Don King |
Boxing |
20-Aug-1931 |
|
Boxing promoter |
| Allen Klein |
Business |
18-Dec-1931 |
|
Prehensile ABKCO executive |
| Etheridge Knight |
Poet |
19-Apr-1931 |
10-Mar-1991 |
Poems from Prison |
| Marianne Koch |
Actor |
19-Aug-1931 |
|
A Fistful of Dollars |
| James L. Koley |
Attorney |
c. 1931 |
|
Koley Jessen LP |
| Ted Kotcheff |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1931 |
|
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
| Dennis Kux |
Diplomat |
11-Aug-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1986-89 |
| Martin Landau |
Actor |
20-Jun-1931 |
|
Mission: Impossible, Space 1999 |
| Hope Lange |
Actor |
28-Nov-1931 |
19-Dec-2003 |
Peyton Place |
| Tom Laughlin |
Actor |
10-Aug-1931 |
|
Billy Jack |
| Bernard Cardinal Law |
Religion |
4-Nov-1931 |
|
Archbishop of Boston, 1984-2002 |
| Ted Lazenby |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
LNC Corporation |
| David M. Lee |
Physicist |
20-Jan-1931 |
|
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
| Norman F. Lent |
Politician |
23-Mar-1931 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1971-93 |
| Sandy Levin |
Politician |
6-Sep-1931 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 12th |
| Arthur Levitt |
Business |
3-Feb-1931 |
|
SEC Chairman, 1993-2001 |
| Drew Lewis |
Government |
3-Nov-1931 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83 |
| Hal Linden |
Actor |
20-Mar-1931 |
|
Barney Miller |
| Richard Lingeman |
Author |
c. 1931 |
|
Biographer of Theodore Dreiser |
| Martin Lipton |
Attorney |
22-Jun-1931 |
|
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
| Michael Lonsdale |
Actor |
24-May-1931 |
|
Moonraker |
| Donald L. Lucas |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Venture Capitalist |
| Alvin Lucier |
Composer |
14-May-1931 |
|
Is sitting in a room |
| Buz Lukens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1931 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90 |
| George Maciunas |
Artist |
8-Nov-1931 |
9-May-1978 |
Founder of Fluxus |
| Gavin MacLeod |
Actor |
28-Feb-1931 |
|
Capt. Stubing on Love Boat |
| Robert MacNeil |
Journalist |
19-Jan-1931 |
|
MacNeil/Lehrer Report |
| Jay Macpherson |
Poet |
13-Jun-1931 |
|
O Earth Return |
| Mickey Mantle |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1931 |
13-Aug-1995 |
Twelve times in the World Series |
| Ted Marchibroda |
Football |
15-Mar-1931 |
|
Retired NFL head coach |
| Joan Marshall |
Actor |
9-Jun-1931 |
28-Jun-1992 |
Homicidal |
| Don Martin |
Artist |
18-May-1931 |
6-Jan-2000 |
Mad Magazine artist |
| Eddie Mathews |
Baseball |
13-Oct-1931 |
18-Feb-2001 |
Hit 512 home runs |
| Drummond Matthews |
Geologist |
5-Feb-1931 |
20-Jul-1997 |
Plate tectonics |
| Charles T. Maxwell |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co. |
| Julian May |
Novelist |
10-Jul-1931 |
|
Galactic Milieu Trilogy |
| Willie Mays |
Baseball |
6-May-1931 |
|
Baseball Hall of Famer |
| Malachy McCourt |
Actor |
20-Sep-1931 |
|
Father Meehan on Oz |
| Virginia McKenna |
Actor |
7-Jun-1931 |
|
Born Free |
| Bill McKinney |
Actor |
12-Sep-1931 |
|
Deliverance |
| John McPhee |
Author |
8-Mar-1931 |
|
Annals of the Former World |
| Ed Meese |
Government |
2-Dec-1931 |
|
Attorney General under Reagan, 1985-88 |
| Rokusaburo Michiba |
Chef |
3-Jan-1931 |
|
The original Iron Chef Japanese |
| Martin Milner |
Actor |
28-Dec-1931 |
|
LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12 |
| Norm Mineta |
Politician |
12-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman from California, 1975-95 |
| John Cameron Monjo |
Diplomat |
17-Jul-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1992-95 |
| Scotty Moore |
Guitarist |
27-Dec-1931 |
|
Elvis Presley's first guitarist |
| Connie Morella |
Politician |
12-Feb-1931 |
|
Congresswoman from Maryland, 1987-2003 |
| Rita Moreno |
Actor |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
West Side Story, Electric Company |
| Toni Morrison |
Author |
18-Feb-1931 |
|
Beloved |
| Robert Morse |
Actor |
18-May-1931 |
|
How to Succeed in Business |
| Alice Munro |
Author |
10-Jul-1931 |
|
Dance of the Happy Shades |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
| Dervla Murphy |
Author |
28-Nov-1931 |
|
Irish cyclist, travel writer |
| Mary Murphy |
Actor |
26-Jan-1931 |
|
The Wild One |
| Hal Needham |
Film Director |
6-Mar-1931 |
|
The Cannonball Run |
| Anthony Newley |
Actor |
24-Sep-1931 |
14-Apr-1999 |
Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist |
| Mike Nichols |
Film Director |
6-Nov-1931 |
|
Primary Colors |
| Leonard Nimoy |
Actor |
26-Mar-1931 |
|
Commander Spock on Star Trek |
| Philip W. Noel |
Politician |
5-Jun-1931 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 1973-77 |
| John Norman |
Author |
3-Jun-1931 |
|
Chronicles of Gor |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
|
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Daniel A. O'Donohue |
Diplomat |
27-Oct-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91 |
| Robert B. Oakley |
Diplomat |
12-Mar-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988-91 |
| Don Oberdorfer |
Journalist |
1931 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Ermanno Olmi |
Film Director |
24-Jul-1931 |
|
L'albero degli zoccoli |
| John Ong |
Diplomat |
c. 1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Norway, 2002-05 |
| Ron Packard |
Politician |
19-Jan-1931 |
|
Congressman from California, 1983-2001 |
| Robert P. Paganelli |
Diplomat |
3-Nov-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Syria, 1981-84 |
| Cecil Parkinson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1931 |
|
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Donald J. Pease |
Politician |
26-Sep-1931 |
28-Jul-2002 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1977-93 |
| Roger Penrose |
Mathematician |
8-Aug-1931 |
|
Cosmologist and theoretical physicist |
| Isabel Peron |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1931 |
|
Dancer, President of Argentina 1974-76 |
| Regis Philbin |
Talk Show Host |
25-Aug-1931 |
|
Host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire |
| Thomas Pickering |
Diplomat |
5-Nov-1931 |
|
Career US Ambassador |
| Pierre Pilote |
Hockey |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Mala Powers |
Actor |
20-Dec-1931 |
11-Jun-2007 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Charles H. Price II |
Diplomat |
1-Apr-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1983-89 |
| Edgar Prince |
Business |
1931 |
2-Mar-1995 |
Prince Manufacturing |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Dan Rather |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1931 |
|
Former CBS Anchorman |
| Johannes Rau |
Head of State |
16-Jan-1931 |
27-Jan-2006 |
President of Germany, 1999-2004 |
| Della Reese |
Musician |
6-Jul-1931 |
|
Touched by an Angel |
| Charles Nelson Reilly |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
25-May-2007 |
Flamboyant Match Game panelist |
| William Reynolds |
Actor |
9-Dec-1931 |
|
The F.B.I. |
| Mordecai Richler |
Novelist |
27-Jan-1931 |
3-Jul-2001 |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
| Burton Richter |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1931 |
|
Co-Discoverer of J/psi particle |
| Matthew Rinaldo |
Politician |
1-Sep-1931 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1973-93 |
| Jim Ringo |
Football |
21-Nov-1931 |
19-Nov-2007 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Alice Rivlin |
Economist |
4-Mar-1931 |
|
Founding director, Congressional Budget Office |
| Gerard R. Roche |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles |
| Richard Rorty |
Philosopher |
4-Oct-1931 |
8-Jun-2007 |
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature |
| Edward M. Rowell |
Diplomat |
31-Oct-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1990-94 |
| Jane Rule |
Author |
28-Mar-1931 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Desert of the Heart |
| Janice Rule |
Actor |
15-Aug-1931 |
17-Oct-2003 |
3 Women |
| Morley Safer |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1931 |
|
60 Minutes |
| George E. Sangmeister |
Politician |
16-Feb-1931 |
7-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95 |
| Joe Santos |
Actor |
9-Jun-1931 |
|
Det. Becker on Rockford Files |
| Robert Schrieffer |
Physicist |
31-May-1931 |
|
BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
| Ettore Scola |
Screenwriter |
10-May-1931 |
|
A Special Day |
| Walter Scott, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Chairman of Level 3 Communications |
| Paul Shanley |
Religion |
25-Jan-1931 |
|
Molesting priest |
| William Shatner |
Actor |
22-Mar-1931 |
|
Captain Kirk on Star Trek |
| Johnny Sheffield |
Actor |
11-Apr-1931 |
|
Child actor, "Boy" in Tarzan films |
| Willie Shoemaker |
Jockey |
19-Aug-1931 |
12-Oct-2003 |
Greatest 20th century jockey |
| Alvaro Silva-Calderón |
Government |
1931 |
|
Secretary General of OPEC, 2002-03 |
| Harold C. Simmons |
Business |
1931 |
|
Drugstore billionaire |
| Arthur L. Simon |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Former Partner, Coopers & Lybrand |
| Alan Simpson |
Politician |
2-Sep-1931 |
|
US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97 |
| Ike Skelton |
Politician |
20-Dec-1931 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 4th |
| Herbert A. Sklenar |
Business |
7-Jun-1931 |
|
CEO of Vulcan Materials, 1986-97 |
| Dean Smith |
Basketball |
28-Feb-1931 |
|
UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97 |
| Hamilton O. Smith |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1931 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Robert F. Smith |
Politician |
16-Jun-1931 |
|
Congressman from Oregon, 1983-99 |
| Michael I. Sovern |
Educator |
1-Dec-1931 |
|
President of Columbia University, 1980-93 |
| Benny Spellman |
Musician |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
Fortune Teller |
| John Shelby Spong |
Religion |
16-Jun-1931 |
|
Retired bishop of Newark, NJ |
| Pete Stark |
Politician |
11-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman, California 13th |
| Ronald Steel |
Scholar |
1931 |
|
Pax Americana |
| Karen Steele |
Actor |
20-Mar-1931 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Ride Lonesome |
| Robert Stephens |
Actor |
14-Jul-1931 |
12-Nov-1995 |
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |
| Thorvald Stoltenberg |
Politician |
8-Jul-1931 |
|
Norwegian Foreign Minister, 1990-93 |
| Charles Taylor |
Philosopher |
5-Nov-1931 |
|
Sources of the Self |
| Norman Tebbit |
Politician |
29-Mar-1931 |
|
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Billie Thomas |
Actor |
12-Mar-1931 |
10-Oct-1980 |
Buckwheat on The Little Rascals |
| Rip Torn |
Actor |
6-Feb-1931 |
|
Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show |
| Blanche M. Touhill |
Educator |
c. 1931 |
|
Chancellor of UMSL, 1991-2002 |
| Bob Traxler |
Politician |
21-Jul-1931 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1974-93 |
| Trevanian |
Novelist |
12-Jun-1931 |
14-Dec-2005 |
The Eiger Sanction |
| Ike Turner |
Musician |
5-Nov-1931 |
12-Dec-2007 |
River Deep, Mountain High |
| Desmond Tutu |
Religion |
7-Oct-1931 |
|
Archbishop of Cape Town |
| Jolene Unsoeld |
Politician |
3-Dec-1931 |
|
Congresswoman from Washington, 1989-95 |
| Dries van Agt |
Head of State |
2-Feb-1931 |
|
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1977-82 |
| Mamie Van Doren |
Actor |
6-Feb-1931 |
|
High School Confidential! |
| Jerry Van Dyke |
Actor |
27-Jul-1931 |
|
Assistant Coach on Coach |
| Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
| George Vasiliou |
Head of State |
1931 |
|
President of Cyprus, 1988-93 |
| Martinus J.G. Veltman |
Physicist |
27-Jun-1931 |
|
Quantum physicist |
| Ken Venturi |
Golf |
15-May-1931 |
|
Winner of 1964 US Open |
| Billy Vessels |
Football |
22-Mar-1931 |
17-Nov-2001 |
Winner, 1952 Heisman Trophy |
| Monica Vitti |
Actor |
3-Nov-1931 |
|
L'Avventura |
| Harold L. Volkmer |
Politician |
4-Apr-1931 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-97 |
| George Herbert Walker III |
Diplomat |
c. 1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Hungary, 2003-06 |
| Junior Walker |
Musician |
14-Jun-1931 |
23-Nov-1995 |
Soul vocalist and sax player |
| Bill Walsh |
Football |
30-Nov-1931 |
30-Jul-2007 |
49ers Head Coach, 1979-88 |
| Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. |
Politician |
16-May-1931 |
|
Governor of Connecticut, 1991-95 |
| Fay Weldon |
Novelist |
22-Sep-1931 |
|
Life and Loves of a She-Devil |
| Frederick B. Whittemore |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Former Partner, Morgan Stanley |
| L. Douglas Wilder |
Politician |
17-Jan-1931 |
|
Governor of Virginia, 1990-94 |
| Clayton W. Williams, Jr. |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Texas oilman, rancher |
| Boxcar Willie |
Country Musician |
1-Sep-1931 |
12-Apr-1999 |
World's favorite hobo |
| Noble Willingham |
Actor |
31-Aug-1931 |
17-Jan-2004 |
Hard-working supporting actor |
| James Q. Wilson |
Scholar |
27-May-1931 |
|
The Moral Sense |
| Richard B. Wirthlin |
Business |
15-Mar-1931 |
|
Pollster |
| Gene Wolfe |
Novelist |
7-May-1931 |
|
The Book of the New Sun |
| Tom Wolfe |
Author |
2-Mar-1931 |
|
Bonfire of the Vanities |
| James D. Woods |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
CEO of Baker Hughes, 1987-97 |
| Dana Wynter |
Actor |
8-Jun-1931 |
|
Sink the Bismarck! |
| Boris Yeltsin |
Head of State |
1-Feb-1931 |
23-Apr-2007 |
First president of post-Soviet Russia |
| George Younger |
Politician |
22-Sep-1931 |
26-Jan-2003 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89 |
| Don Zimmer |
Baseball |
17-Jan-1931 |
|
Red Sox, Padres, Cubs, manager |
