Famous people born on 31 July

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

1. J. K. Rowling 1965British author and novelistliving, 61
2. Milton Friedman 1912American economist and statisticiandied aged 94
3. Louis de Funès 1914French actor and comediandied aged 68
4. Primo Levi 1919Italian chemist and writerdied aged 67
5. PPremchand 1880Indian writerdied aged 56
6. Helena Blavatsky 1831Russian writerdied aged 59
7. Richard Griffiths 1947British actordied aged 65
8. Victoria Azarenka 1989Belarusian tennis playerliving, 37
9. Wesley Snipes 1962American actorliving, 64
10. Friedrich Wöhler 1800German chemistdied aged 82
11. Jean Dubuffet 1901French artistdied aged 83
12. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor 1527Holy Roman Emperordied aged 49
13. Antonio Conte 1969Italian footballerliving, 57