Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 31 December

18 of the people we track were born on 31 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Ben Kingsley and John Denver were born on the very same day, 31 December 1943.

Gong Li and Nicholas Sparks were born on the very same day, 31 December 1965.

  1. Henri Matisse 1869French artistdied aged 84
  2. Jacques Cartier 1491French explorerdied aged 65
  3. Anthony Hopkins 1937Actorliving, 88
  4. Alex Ferguson 1941British footballer and managerliving, 84
  5. George C. Marshall 1880American army officerdied aged 78
  6. Salman of Saudi Arabia 1935King of Saudi Arabialiving, 90
  7. Psy 1977South Korean singerliving, 48
  8. Ben Kingsley 1943British actorliving, 82
  9. Val Kilmer 1959American actordied aged 65
  10. Andreas Vesalius 1514Anatomist and physiciandied aged 49
  11. Donna Summer 1948American singerdied aged 63
  12. Gong Li 1965Chinese actorliving, 60
  13. Simon Wiesenthal 1908Hunterdied aged 96
  14. Saint Lawrence AD 225Roman deacondied aged 32
  15. John Denver 1943American singerdied aged 53
  16. Alex Salmond 1954British economistdied aged 69
  17. Nicholas Sparks 1965American writerliving, 60
  18. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695Military leaderdied aged 19