Famous people born on 31 October

• Katsushika HokusaiJapanese artist · 1760–1849
  88 yrs
• John KeatsEnglish Romantic poet · 1795–1821
  25 yrs
• Chiang Kai-shekChinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC · 1887–1975
  87 yrs
• Zaha HadidIraqi British architect, designer and painter · 1950–2016
  65 yrs
• Norodom SihanoukCambodian monarch and politician · 1922–2012
  89 yrs
• Michael CollinsAmerican astronaut · 1930–2021
  90 yrs
• Karl WeierstraßGerman mathematician · 1815–1897
  81 yrs
• Alexander AlekhineRussian-French chess player · 1892–1946
  53 yrs
• Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelIndian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India · 1875–1950
  75 yrs
• Adolf von BaeyerGerman chemist · 1835–1917
  81 yrs
• Clement XIVPope of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774 · 1705–1774
  68 yrs
• Bud SpencerItalian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player · 1929–2016
  86 yrs
• David Ogden Stiers ↗American actor · 1942–2018
  75 yrs
• John Pople ↗Nobel prize winning British chemist · 1925–2004
  78 yrs
• Fritz Walter ↗German association football player · 1920–2002
  81 yrs
• Axel Munthe ↗Swedish physician · 1857–1949
  91 yrs
• Emiliano Sala ↗Argentine association football player · 1990–2019
  28 yrs
• Natalie Clifford Barney ↗American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris · 1876–1972
  95 yrs
• Władysław III of Poland ↗King of Poland and Hungary · 1424–1444
  20 yrs
• Mohamed Hussein Tantawi ↗Egyptian Field marshal and former statesman · 1935–2021
  85 yrs
• Ferdinand I of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1345–1383
  37 yrs
• John Candy ↗Canadian actor · 1950–1994
  43 yrs
• Barbara Bel Geddes ↗American actress · 1922–2005
  82 yrs
• Takashi Kano ↗Japanese association football player · 1920–2000
  79 yrs
• B. H. Liddell Hart ↗British historian and theoretician of war · 1895–1970
  74 yrs
• Helmut Newton ↗German-Australian photographer · 1920–2004
  83 yrs
• Karl Radek ↗Russian revolutionary · 1885–1939
  53 yrs
• Louise of Sweden ↗Queen consort of Denmark; wife of Frederick VIII of Denmark · 1851–1926
  74 yrs
• Domenichino ↗Italian painter · 1581–1641
  59 yrs
• Joan Robinson ↗English economist · 1903–1983
  79 yrs
• Marie Laurencin ↗French painter, poet and printmaker · 1883–1956
  72 yrs
• Michael Landon ↗American actor and filmmaker · 1936–1991
  54 yrs
• Ali Farka Touré ↗Malian musician · 1939–2006
  66 yrs
• Anatoli Papanov ↗Soviet actor · 1922–1987
  64 yrs
• Gunnar Gren ↗Swedish footballer · 1920–1991
  71 yrs
• James Dunlop ↗Australian astronomer · 1793–1848
  54 yrs
• Joseph Swan ↗British physicist and inventor · 1828–1914
  85 yrs
• Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ↗Duke of Bavaria · 1636–1679
  42 yrs
• John Evelyn ↗Writer, gardener and diarist · 1620–1706
  85 yrs
• Meindert Hobbema ↗Dutch painter · 1638–1709
  71 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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