Notable Birthdays for January 31
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Gouverneur Morris, who wrote sections of the U.S. Constitution, in 1752
- Austrian composer Franz Schubert in 1797
- western novelist Zane Grey in 1872
- actor Tallulah Bankhead in 1902
- boxer Jersey Joe Walcott in 1914
- Baseball Hall of Fame member Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball, in 1919
- actor Carol Channing in 1921 (age 97)
- actor Joanne Dru in 1922
- novelist Norman Mailer in 1923
- civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks in 1925
- Baseball Hall of Fame member Ernie Banks in 1931
- actor Suzanne Pleshette in 1937
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1938 (age 80)
- actor Jessica Walter in 1941 (age 77)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Nolan Ryan in 1947 (age 71)
- actor Anthony LaPaglia in 1959 (age 59)
- television news commentator Martha MacCallum in 1964 (age 54)
- actor Minnie Driver in 1970 (age 48)
- actor Portia de Rossi in 1973 (age 45)
- Kerry Washington in 1977 (age 41)
- actor Bobby Moynihan in 1977 (age 41)
- singer/actor Justin Timberlake in 1981 (age 37)
- singer Marcus Mumford (Mumford &
- Sons) in 1987 (age 31)
- country singer Tyler Hubbard (Florida Georgia Line) in 1987 (age 31).
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