On this day — October 31

Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1511)

Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (died 1529)

Henriette of Cleves, Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601)

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (died 1680)

John Evelyn, English gardener and author (died 1706)

Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (died 1675)

Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (died 1679)

Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (died 1709)

Senesino, Italian singer and actor (died 1758)

Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist and author (died 1765)

Yeongjo of Joseon (died 1776)

Pope Clement XIV (died 1774)

Laura Bassi, Italian physician, physicist, and academic (died 1778)

Hedvig Taube, Swedish courtier (died 1744)

Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (died 1805)

Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (died 1800)

James Lovell, American educator and politician (died 1789)

Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and printmaker (died 1849)

John Keats, English poet (died 1821)

Edmund Sharpe, English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer (died 1877)

Thomas Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (died 1884)

Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (died 1897)

Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal and academic (died 1892)

Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1910)

Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi (died 1933)

Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (died 1923)

Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)

Luís I of Portugal (died 1889)

Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (died 1897)

Boston Custer, American soldier (died 1876)

Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (died 1891)

Louise of Sweden (died 1926)

Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (died 1889)

Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril, Indian Orthodox Saint (died 1934)

Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (died 1927)

Andrew Volstead, American politician (died 1947)

John Weir Troy, American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (died 1942)

Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (died 1954)

Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1950)

Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (died 1972)

Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer (died 1941)

Julia Peterkin, American author (died 1961)

Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1936)

Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (died 1960)

Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (died 1956)

Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (died 1915)

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1975)

Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (died 1970)

Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (died 1944)

Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author (died 1946)

B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (died 1970)

Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (died 1977)

Constance Savery, English author (died 1999)

Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (died 1976)

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (died 1987)

Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)

Abraham Wald, Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (died 1950)

Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (died 1973)

Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (died 2009)

Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2001)

Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (died 2008)

John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (died 1995)

Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (died 2010)

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (died 2012)

William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (died 2016)

Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (died 2013)

Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2007)

Daphne Oxenford, English actress (died 2012)

Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author (died 2017)

Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (died 2010)

Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (died 2008)

Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (died 2004)

Fritz Walter, German footballer (died 2002)

Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (died 2005)

Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (died 2004)

Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2012)

Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (died 1990)

John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (died 2013)

Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (died 2011)

Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator (died 2012)

William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (died 2014)

Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)

Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021)

Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (died 1970)

Dan Rather, American journalist

Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor (died 2014)

Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Swedish princess

Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach (died 2026)

Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist (died 2020)

David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic

Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)

Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tom O'Connor, English actor and game show host (died 2021)

Ron Rifkin, American actor

Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)

Craig Rodwell, American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (died 1993)

Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician

Dan Alderson, American scientist (died 1989)

Derek Bell, English race car driver

Lucious Jackson, American basketball player (died 2022)

Sally Kirkland, American actress (died 2025)

David Ogden Stiers, American actor (died 2018)

Elliott Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver

Paul Frampton, English-American physicist and academic

Aristotelis Pavlidis, Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (died 2022)

Brian Piccolo, American football player (died 1970)

Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian

Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2019)

Stephen Rea, Irish actor

Deidre Hall, American actress

Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster

Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium

Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (died 1999)

Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer

Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat

Bob Siebenberg, American drummer

Alison Wolf, English economist and academic

John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)

Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (died 2016)

Jane Pauley, American journalist

Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general

Nick Saban, American football player and coach

Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Bernard Edwards, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1996)

Joe West, American baseball umpire

John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach

Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress

Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter

Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order

Susan Orlean, American journalist and author

Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic

Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician

Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician

Charles Moore, English journalist and author

Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor

Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player

Neal Stephenson, American author

Arnaud Desplechin, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico

Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach

Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran

Alonzo Babers, American runner and pilot

Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish musician, songwriter, and actor

Jonathan Borden, American neurosurgeon and academic

Anna Geifman, American historian, author, and academic

John Giannini, American basketball player and coach

Mari Jungstedt, Swedish journalist and author

Raphael Rabello, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 1995)

Dan Wood, Canadian ice hockey player

Mikkey Dee, Swedish hard rock drummer and musician

Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager

Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Fred McGriff, American baseball player

Dermot Mulroney, American actor

Rob Schneider, American actor and comedian

Frank Bruni, American journalist and critic

Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish musician

Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager

Darryl Worley, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (died 2014)

Blue Edwards, American basketball player

Ruud Hesp, Dutch footballer

Denis Irwin, Irish footballer and journalist

Rob Rackstraw, English voice actor

Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor

Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler

Annabella Lwin, Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter and record producer

Mike O'Malley, American actor and comedian

Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor

Buddy Lazier, American race car driver

Irina Pantaeva, Russian model and actress

Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)

Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster

Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter

Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (died 2004)

Paul Abrahams, English footballer and coach

Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Tim Byrdak, American baseball player

David Dellucci, American baseball player and sportscaster

Beverly Lynne, American actress

Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer

Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player

Carla Boyd, Australian basketball player

Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager

Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor

Johnny Whitworth, American actor and producer

Guti, Spanish footballer

Piper Perabo, American actress and producer

Inka Grings, German footballer and manager

Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer

Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer

Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player

Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer

Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer

Samaire Armstrong, American model, actress, and fashion designer

Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor

Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer

Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and voice artist

Irina Denezhkina, Russian author

Steven Hunter, American basketball player

Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress

Mike Napoli, American baseball player

Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire

Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor

Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player

Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign

Pat Murray, American football player

Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer

Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier

Kerron Clement, American hurdler and sprinter

Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver

Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer

Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player

Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver

Cole Aldrich, American basketball player

Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver

Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer

Lizzy Yarnold, British skeleton racer

Scott McGough, American baseball player

JID, American rapper

Vanessa Marano, American actress

Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician

Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer

Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress

Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player

Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong-Irish swimmer

Sydney Park, American actress and comedian

Marcus Rashford, English footballer

Holly Taylor, Canadian-American actress

Danielle Rose Russell, American actress

Léa Serna, French figure skater

Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer

Ansu Fati

Leonor, Princess of Asturias