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October 31 birthdays

289 notable historical figures were born on October 31, and 189 died on this day. Everyone born on October 31 is a Scorpio.

16% of October 31 birthdays work in Entertainment, more than any other field. More come from United States (77) than any other country.

Born on October 31

• Peter Jackson (born 1961. New Zealand filmmaker (born 1961))
• Marco van Basten (born 1964. Dutch football player and manager (born 1964))
• Chiang Kai-shek (1887 to 1975. Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975)
• Reza Pahlavi (born 1960. Former Crown Prince of Iran (born 1960))
• Leonor, Princess of Asturias (born 2005. Heir to the Spanish throne (born 2005))
• John Keats (1795 to 1821. English Romantic poet (1795–1821))
• Ansu Fati (born 2002. Bissau-Guinean-born Spanish footballer (born 2002))
• Zaha Hadid (1950 to 2016. Iraqi and British architect (1950–2016))
• Norodom Sihanouk (1922 to 2012. King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2004))
• Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930 to 2021. American astronaut (1930–2021))
• Stephen Rea (born 1946. Irish actor (born 1946))
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875 to 1950. Indian independence activist (1875–1950))
• Adam Schlesinger (1967 to 2020. American musician (1967–2020))
• Marcus Rashford (born 1997. English footballer (born 1997))
• Harry Harlow (1905 to 1981. American psychologist (1905–1981))
• Alexander Borodin (1833 to 1887. Russian Romantic composer and chemist (1833–1887))
• Władysław III (1424 to 1444. Monarch of Poland-Lithuania (1434–1444); King of Hungary and Croatia (1440–1444))
• Avi Shlaim (born 1945. Israeli-British historian (born 1945))
• Louise of Sweden (1851 to 1926. Queen of Denmark from 1906 to 1912)
• Clement XIV (1705 to 1774. Head of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774)
• Karl Weierstrass (1815 to 1897. German mathematician (1815–1897))
• Luís I (1838 to 1889. King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889)
• David Harvey (born 1935. British-American geographer and anthropologist)
• Natalie Clifford Barney (1876 to 1972. American playwright, poet and novelist (1876–1972))
• Edward (1391 to 1438. King of Portugal from 1433 to 1438)
• Herman Van Rompuy (born 1947. Belgian politician (born 1947))
• Tom Ketchum (1863 to 1901. American outlaw (1863–1901))
• Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345 to 1383. King of Portugal (r. 1367–1383))
• Joseph Swan (1828 to 1914. British physicist and inventor (1828–1914))
• Vaali (poet) (1931 to 2013. Indian artist, poet, lyricist, writer, actor (1931–2013))
• Katherine Paterson (born 1932. American author (born 1932))
• Dedan Kimathi (1920 to 1957. Kenyan leader during the Mau Mau Uprising (1920–1957))
• William Gibbs McAdoo (1863 to 1941. American lawyer and statesman (1863–1941))
• Abraham Wald (1902 to 1950. Hungarian mathematician)
• Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864 to 1945. British archbishop (1864–1945))
• Adolf von Baeyer (1835 to 1917. German chemist (1835–1917))
• Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916 to 2012. Prince Bernadotte)
• Richard Morris Hunt (1827 to 1895. American architect (1827–1895))
• Diarmaid MacCulloch (born 1951. English historian)
• Laura Bassi (1711 to 1778. Italian physicist and academic (1711–1778))
• Axel Munthe (1857 to 1949. Swedish doctor and psychiatrist)
• Ronald Graham (1935 to 2020. American mathematician (1935–2020))
• Jean Améry (1912 to 1978. Austrian-born essayist)
• Marie Laurencin (1883 to 1956. French painter, poet and printmaker)
• Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636 to 1679. Elector of Bavaria from 1651 to 1679)
• Hubert Wilkins (1888 to 1958. Australian polar explorer (1888–1958))
• Amanda Lang (born 1970. Canadian business journalist)
• Charlotte Bonaparte (1802 to 1839. Infanta of Spain)
• Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935 to 2021. Egyptian Field marshal and former statesman (1935–2021))
• Edmund Gettier (1927 to 2021. American philosopher (1927–2021))
• Joseph Boyden (born 1966. Canadian writer)
• John Pople (1925 to 2004. British theoretical chemist (1925–2004))
• Zahra Rahnavard (born 1945. Iranian academic and politician)
• Xavier Roberts (born 1955. American businessman)
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902 to 1987. Brazilian poet and writer)
• Mary Angela Dickens (1862 to 1948. Grandchild of Victorian-era novelist Charles Dickens)
• Antonio Taguba (born 1950. Retired United States Army general (born 1950))
• Dennis Gaitsgory (born 1973. Israeli-American mathematician)
• Charles Moore (architect) (1925 to 1993. American architect (1925–1993))
• William H. McNeill (1917 to 2016. Canadian historian (1917–2016))

Died on October 31

• Harry Houdini (1874 to 1926. American escapologist and stuntman (1874–1926))
• Sean Connery (1930 to 2020. Scottish actor (1930–2020))
• Indira Gandhi (1917 to 1984. Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984))
• Egon Schiele (1890 to 1918. Austrian painter (1890–1918))
• P. W. Botha (1916 to 2006. South African politician (1916–2006))
• Qian Xuesen (1911 to 2009. Chinese rocket scientist (1911–2009))
• Amrita Pritam (1919 to 2005. Indian writer (1919–2005))
• Edwin Walker (1909 to 1993. American army officer and conservative activist (1909–1993))
• Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775 to 1860. British naval officer, politician and mercenary (1775–1860))
• Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721 to 1765. British prince (1721–1765))
• Fatos Nano (1952 to 2025. Albanian politician (1952–2025))
• Mikhail Frunze (1885 to 1925. Soviet army officer (1885–1925))
• Studs Terkel (1912 to 2008. American author, historian and broadcaster (1912–2008))
• John VIII Palaiologos (1392 to 1448. Byzantine emperor from 1425 to 1448)
• Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1161 to 1214. Queen of Castile and Toledo from 1170 to 1214)
• Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754 to 1793. French revolutionary (1754–1793))
• Augustus John (1878 to 1961. Welsh painter (1878–1961))
• Victor Amadeus (1666 to 1732. Ruler of the Savoyard state from 1675 to 1730)
• Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1090 to 1147. Illegitimate son of Henry I of England (c.1090–1147))
• Eileen Gray (1878 to 1976. Irish architect and furniture designer)
• Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865 to 1939. Last Crown Prince of Württemberg (1865–1939))
• Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711 to 1786. British princess (1711–1786))
• István Tisza (1861 to 1918. Hungarian politician (1861–1918))
• Al-Muqtadir (895 to 932. 18th Abbasid Caliph (r. 908–932))
• Marie Bashkirtseff (1860 to 1884. Artist (1858–1884))
• Cosimo III de' Medici (1642 to 1723. Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 to 1723)
• Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. (1900 to 1949. American businessman and diplomat (1900–1949))
• Federico Fellini (1920 to 1993. Italian filmmaker (1920–1993))
• Stephen W. Kearny (1794 to 1848. United States general (1794–1848))
• John Bradshaw (judge) (1602 to 1659. 17th-century English judge (c. 1602 - 1659))

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