Famous people born on 31 January

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

1. Franz Schubert 1797Austrian composerdied aged 31
2. Justin Timberlake 1981American actorliving, 45
3. Kenzaburō Ōe 1935Japanese writerdied aged 88
4. Beatrix of the Netherlands 1938King of the Netherlandsliving, 88
5. Norman Mailer 1923American writerdied aged 84
6. Preity Zinta 1975Indian actorliving, 51
7. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543Samuraidied aged 73
8. Irving Langmuir 1881American chemist and physicistdied aged 76
9. Alva Myrdal 1902Swedish sociologist and politiciandied aged 84
10. Rudolf Mössbauer 1929German nuclear physicistdied aged 82
11. THTheodor Heuss 1884German journalist and politiciandied aged 79
12. Kerry Washington 1977American actorliving, 49
13. Philip Glass 1937American composerliving, 89
14. Julián Alvarez 2000Footballerliving, 26
15. Theodore William Richards 1868American chemistdied aged 60
16. Jean Simmons 1929British actordied aged 80
17. John Lydon 1956Irish singer-songwriterliving, 70