Did you know
Jonathan Banks played FBI Special Agent Frank McPike in the television series Wiseguy (1987–1990), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Famous Birthdays on January 31
1947 — Jonathan Banks
American actor
January 31 has 192 recorded notable births across history, from 1512 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on January 31
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- 1865 American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery, and submits it to the states for ratification. Source
- 1946 Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). Source
- 1978 The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. Source
- 1504 The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples. Source
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Preity Zinta's roles, often deemed culturally defiant, along with her unconventional screen persona won her recognition and several accolades.
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Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
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Glynn Turman received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the HBO drama series In Treatment.
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Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer.
More major people born on January 31
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1975
Preity Zinta
Indian actress, producer, and television host
Preity G. Zinta is an Indian actress and entrepreneur primarily known for her work in Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in English honours and criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se..
1797
Franz Schubert
Austrian pianist and composer (died 1828)
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
1947
Glynn Turman
American actor
Glynn Turman is an American actor. First coming to attention as a child actor in the original 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera…
1960
Grant Morrison
Scottish author and screenwriter
Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, humanist philosophy and countercultural leanings.
1915
Alan Lomax
American historian, author, and scholar (died 2002)
Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century.
1512
Henry
King of Portugal (died 1580)
Henry, dubbed the Chaste and the Cardinal-King, was King of Portugal and an inquisitor and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who ruled Portugal between 1578 and 1580.
1914
Jersey Joe Walcott
American boxer and police officer (died 1994)
Arnold Raymond Cream, best known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1930 to 1953.
1905
John O'Hara
American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1970)
John Henry O'Hara was an American writer. He was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style.
1865
Shastriji Maharaj
Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS (died 1951)
Shastriji Maharaj, born Dungar Patel and ordained Shastri Yagnapurushdas, was a swami of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya and founder of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).
1960
Akbar Ganji
Iranian journalist and author
Akbar Ganji is an Iranian journalist, writer and a former member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
1941
Len Chappell
American basketball player (died 2018)
Leonard Roy Chappell was an American basketball player. He played for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was selected to one NBA All-Star Game.
1979
Daniel Tammet
English author and educator
Daniel Paul Tammet is an English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the…
1752
Gouverneur Morris
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (died 1816)
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
1949
Johan Derksen
Dutch footballer and journalist
Johannes Gerrit "Johan" Derksen is a Dutch sports journalist and former football player.
1543
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Japanese shōgun (died 1616)
Tokugawa Ieyasu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
1947
Nolan Ryan
American baseball player
Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr., nicknamed "the Ryan Express", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and sports executive.
1921
Mario Lanza
American tenor and actor (died 1959)
Mario Lanza was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16.
1884
Mammad Amin Rasulzade
Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (died 1955)
Mahammad Amin Akhund Haji Molla Alakbar oghlu Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani politician, journalist and the head of the Azerbaijani National Council.
1963
Gwen Graham
American lawyer and politician
Gwendolyn Graham is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district from 2015 to 2017.