January 31

January 31 – Famous Birthdays

Kerry Washington (MOVIE ACTRESS) 1977

Justin Timberlake (POP SINGER) 1981

Elena Paparizou (POP SINGER) 1982

January 31 – Famous Birthdays

1517 Gioseffo Zarlino composer
1573 Ambrosius Metzger composer
1573 Giulio Cesare Monteverdi composer
1601 Pieter de Bloot Dutch landscape painter
1607 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby
1612 Hendrik Casimir I count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia
1614 Nicolas Saboly composer
1620 Georg F von Waldeck German commander-in-chief
1623 François-Xavier de Laval Montmorency, consecrated the first bishop of Québec Canada in 1674
1633 Nathaniel Crew English bishop (Durham)
1734 Robert Morris merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1734 Julien-Amable Mathieu composer
1741 Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel East Prussian author/mayor of Köningsberg
1750 Gerrit J Pijman Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)
1759 François Devienne composer
1778 Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat Austrian premier of Bohemia (1848)
1784 Carl Wilhelm Henning composer
1787 Louis Angely Germany, comedy writer (Sieben Mädchen in Uniform)
1797 Franz Peter Schubert Lichtenthal Austria, composer (Unfinished Symphony)
1798 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger composer
1802 Jan C J van Speijk Dutch naval hero
1804 József Bajza Hungarian author/poet/critic
1810 Daniel Ruggles Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1812 John Randolph Tucker Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883
1813 Samuel Sarphati Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist
1817 Antony Winkler Prins Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)
1818 William Raine Peck Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1830 James Gillespie Blaine West Brownsville PA, (Representative-R-ME 1863-76/Senator-R-ME 1876-81/Secretary of State 1889-92)
1836 Henryk Szulc composer
1863 F Henri Berz French existentialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis)
1866 Emil Strauss Germany, writer (Naked Man)
1866 Henry Forster cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89, later Australian Governor-General)
1868 Theodore William Richards chemist (atomic weights, Nobel-1914)
1869 Henry graaf Carton de Wiart Belgian literary/premier (1920-21)
1872 Zane Grey American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage, Spirit of the Border)
1877 Max Ettlinger German philosopher
1878 Willem J M van Eysinga Dutch international law jurist
1881 Irving Langmuir physical chemist/colloid researcher/inventor (tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932)
1881 Joseph A Cushman US, palaentologist/foraminiferologist
1882 Anna Pavlova St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer
1882 Josephus RH van Schaik Dutch lawyer/vice-premier
1884 Nicholas Joy Paris France, actor (Boss Lady)
1886 Alfonso Lopez Colombia, statesman (President UN security council-1948)
1889 F R Foster cricketer (330 runs & 45 wickets for England)
1890 Adolf Bach German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde)
1891 Max Drischner composer
1892 Eddie Cantor New York City NY, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater)
1893 Freya Stark English explorist/author
1894 Percy Helton NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men)
19– David Mason Daniels actor (Tyler-Capitol)
1901 Blaz Arnic composer
1901 Marie Luise Kaschnitz writer
1902 Alva Myrdal Uppsala Sweden, diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize-1982)
1902 Julian H Steward US anthropologist/professor
1902 Jean C M Picart le Doux France, carpet designer
1903 Gardner Cowles Iowa, publisher/founder (Look Magazine)
1903 Tallulah Bankhead Huntsville AL, actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling)
1904 E van Ruller Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder (Trouw)
1904 Léon N H Jungschläger head of military intelligence (Netherlands-Indies)
1905 John Henry O’Hara Pottsville PA, novelist (Butterfield 8, Pal Joey, Appointment at Samarra)
1905 Anna Blaman [Johanna P Vrugt], Dutch writer (Wife & Friend)
1905 Charles de Trooz Belgian literary (Le Magister et Ses Maîtres)
1906 R W Bonham founder (International Braille Chess Association)
1906 Benjamin Frankel composer
1908 René Simone Mathieu France, doubles tennis star (Wimbledon 1934)
1909 Foley Newns British colonial administrator
1909 Miron Grindea literary editor
1910 Herbert Ashworth CEO (Nationwide Building Society)
1911 A G Ogston president (Trinity College-Oxford)
1911 Christina Foyle book seller
1913 Don Hutson NFL end (Packers)
1913 Wayne Millner NFL end (Boston/Washington Redskins)
1913 Hector Iglesias Villoud composer
1914 Carey Lofton Blountsville FL, actor (Skinner-Troubleshooters)
1914 Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52)
1914 Louis Osman architect/artist/goldsmith
1915 Bobby Hackett Providence RI, trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time ’57)
1915 Thomas Merton France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist (7 Storey Mt)
1915 Garry Moore [Thomas Garrison Morfit], Baltimore MD, TV host (Garry Moore Show, I’ve Got a Secret)
1915 John Profumo president (Toynbee Hall)
1915 William Crosbie artist
1916 Ciro D Crown premier of Dutch Antilles (1968-69)
1916 Frank A Parker tennis champ (US Open-1944)
1916 Violet Cane statistician
1917 Erich Geiringer General practitioner campaigner
1917 Jose Maceda composer
1919 Jackie Robinson Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player (Dodgers)
1919 Lord Lowry
1920 Patrick Heron painter
1920 Robert Hersant press baron
1920 Stewart L Udall St Johns AZ, US Secretary of Interior (1961-69)
1921 Carol Channing Seattle WA, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly)
1921 John Agar Chicago IL, actor (Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima)
1921 Mario Lanza Philadelphia PA, actor/singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans)
1922 William Sylvester Oakland CA, actor (2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man)
1922 Michael Wilford diplomat
1923 Joanne Dru Logan WV, actress (Guestward Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
1923 Eddie Ryder New York City NY, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital)
1923 Norman Mailer New Jersey, New York City NY mayoral candidate/novelist (Naked & the Dead)
1924 Robert Gatehouse former High Court judge
1924 Tengiz Abuladze filmmaker
1925 Benjamin Hooks civil rights leader
1925 Charles Aidman Frankfort IN, narrator (New Twilight Zone)
1925 Fred Catherwood MP
1926 Jean Simmons London England, actress (Thorn Birds, Guys & Dolls)
1926 Prunella Briance founder (National Childbirth Trust)
1928 Chuck Willis rock vocalist (C C Rider)
1928 Eric Ash rector (Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine)
1928 Richard Buckley royal equerry
1928 Robert Clatworthy sculptor
1929 Rudolf Mossbauer Germany, physicist (Nobel 1961)
1930 Lynn Carlin Los Angeles CA, actress (Joan Hunter-James at 15)
1931 Ernie “Mr Cubs” Banks Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer (1st baseman)
1931 Bill Watson cricketer (New South Wales & Australian opening batsman mid-50s)
1931 Christopher Chataway British MP/athlete (world record 5k)
1931 Jean Burroughs educationalist
1931 Nicholas Gordon Lennox diplomat
1932 Pieter Brattinga Dutch graphic artist
1932 Rick Hall country/R&B singer
1933 Joseph D Early (Representative-D-MA, 1975- )
1933 Walter Paulis mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP (CDA)
1934 James Franciscus Clayton MO, actor (Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter)
1934 Brian Bolus cricketer (England opening batsman early 60’s)
1934 Ron Weatherburn jazz pianist
1935 Oe Kenzaburo Japanese novelist (The Catch, A Personal Matter)
1935 Bojidar Dimov composer
1936 Marvin Junior singer (Dells-Oh What a Night)
1937 Philip Glass Baltimore MD, composer (Einstein on the Beach)
1937 Steve Karmen Bronx NY, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud’s for You)
1937 Suzanne Pleshette New York City NY, actress (The Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show)
1938 Ajip Rosidi Indonesian poet/writer (Madjalah Sunda, Pesta)
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard queen of Netherlands (1980-2013 )
1938 James G Watt Colorado, US Secretary of Interior (1981-83)
1940 Jessica Walter Brooklyn NY, actress (Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss)
1940 Stuart Margolin Davenport IA, actor (Love American Style)
1941 George S Mickelson (Governor-SD)
1941 Richard A Gephardt (Representative-D-MO, 1977- )
1941 Sharon Miller LPGA golfer
1942 Derek Jarman actor/director (Angelic Conversation, Edward II)
1942 Gerald Chamberlain jazz musician
1944 Anton Korteweg Dutch poet (For the Good Order)
1944 Charley Musselwhite blues musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog)
1944 Eugene Terre Blanche South African leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
1944 John Inverarity cricketer (Australian batsman 1968-72)
1945 Noah Creshevsky composer
1946 Glynn Turman New York City NY, actor (Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal, Centennial)
1946 Jonathan Banks Washington DC, actor (Armed & Dangerous, Cold Steel)
1946 Terry Kath rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
1946 Subroto Guha cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69)
1947 Jim Nollman composer
1947 Nolan Ryan pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros) (7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks)
1949 Carol Hawkins actress (Dialing for Dingbats)
1951 Harry Casey [KC], rock vocalist (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
1951 Phil Collins England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds)
1951 Phil Manzanera rock guitarist (Roxy Music-Let’s Stick Together)
1951 Presiley Baxendale British QC
1952 Rosanne Musgrave headmistress (Blackheath HS)
1953 Aart Mol Dutch bassist (Catapult)
1954 Adrian Vandenberg Amsterdam Netherlands, rock guitarist (Whitesnake)
1954 Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus cricketer (West Indian bat late 70’s)
1955 Virginia Ruzici Romania, tennis star
1956 Johnny Rotten [John Lydon], rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
1956 Lloyd Cole rocker
1956 Trevor A Manuel South African UDF/ANC-leader
1957 Brett “the Hitman” Hart Alberta Canada, WWF champion
1957 Shirley F Babashoff California, swimmer (Olympics-6 silver/2 gold-72, 76)
1958 Rafael Santana shortstop (New York Mets, New York Yankees)
1958 Tom Schuman pianist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1959 Anthony LaPaglia actor (Murder One)
1959 Kelly Lynch actress (Drugstore Cowboy)
1960 Elaine Roque Santa Monica CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1961 Lloyd Cole guitar/vocals (& the Commotions-Rattlesnakes)
1963 Scott Ian Rosenfeld Bayside NY, rocker (Anthrax-Protest & Survive)
1963 John Dye Amory MA, actor (Andrew-Touched by an Angel)
1964 Oto Hascak hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1964 Remi Bouchard Lasalle Québec Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 India Open)
1964 Sharon Cain San Antonio TX, team handball center back (Olympics-1996)
1965 Bianca Yasmin Salahshourian Fairfield CT, Miss Connecticut-America (1990)
1965 Adam Johnson Portland OR, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1965 Bobby Dollas Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1965 Kim Clarke Tulsa OK, team handball back court (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1965 René Trost Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1966 Al Jaworsky [Alan Doughty], pop bassist (Jesus Jones)
1966 Charles Dimry NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles)
1966 Jamie Taras CFL guard (British Columbia Lions)
1968 Doug Pederson NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI)
1968 Michael Sinclair NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1968 Steve Phoenix US baseball pitcher (Oakland Athletics)
1969 Mathew Pallister Sydney New South Wales Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1970 Greg Skrepenak NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers)
1970 Rachel Jean Marteen Atlanta GA, playmate (August 1995)
1970 Travis Hannah NFL/WLAF receiver (Houston Oilers, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 Brandi Sherwood Miss Idaho-USA (1997, 2nd, succeeded Brook Lee)
1971 Corey Holliday NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1971 Minnie Driver actress (Good Will Hunting)
1972 Ben Cavil guard (Baltimore Ravens)
1972 Fritz Fequiere WLAF guard (Barcelona Dragons, London Monarchs)
1972 Marvin Coleman CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 Pulu Poumele guard (San Diego Chargers)
1972 Reinier Robbemond Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht ’90)
1973 Latario Rachal WLAF/NFL receiver (Amsterdam Admirals, San Diego Chargers)
1974 Bob Mulder soccer player (Appingedam, FC Groningen)
1974 Lorenzo Styles NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 Othella Harrington NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
1974 Pavi Sald ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics-98)
1974 Tory Toogood Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1975 Kenard Lang defensive end (Washington Redskins)
1977 Naomi Darrell Miss Bermuda-Universe (1997)
1985 Andrew Giuliani son of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)

January 31