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Michael Biehn's other films include The Fan (1981), The Seventh Sign (1988), Navy SEALs (1990), Tombstone (1993), The Rock (1996), Mojave Moon (1996), Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001), Clockstoppers (2002), and Planet Terror (2007).
Famous Birthdays on July 31
1956 — Michael Biehn
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
July 31 has 215 recorded notable births across history, from 1143 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1143 – 2003
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Major events on July 31
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- 1874 Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University. Source
- 1991 The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles. Source
- 1790 The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. Source
- 1667 The treaty of Breda ends the second Anglo-Dutch War and grants England in possession of New Amsterdam. Source
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Emilia Fox's feature film debut was in Roman Polanski's film The Pianist (2002).
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Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy.
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Bill Berry's departure made him the only member of the band not to remain with them during their entire run.
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Daniel Ash became prominent in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the goth rock band Bauhaus, which spawned two related bands led by Ash: Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets and more recently Ashes and Diamonds.
More major people born on July 31
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1974
Emilia Fox
English actress
Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox is an English actress and presenter whose career is primarily in British television. Her feature film debut was in Roman Polanski's film The Pianist (2002).
1912
Milton Friedman
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of…
1958
Bill Berry
American drummer and songwriter
William Thomas Berry is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M.
1957
Daniel Ash
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Daniel Gaston Ash is an English musician, songwriter and singer. Daniel Ash was born from a French mother and English father. He was born in England and spent his childhood in Northampton.
1961
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Nigerian banker, royal
Muhammadu Sanusi II, ; born 31 July 1961), known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II, is the spiritual leader (khalifa) of the Tijanniyah Sufi order in Nigeria and the emir of the ancient city-state of Kano.
1909
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Austrian theorist and author (died 1999)
Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn was an Austrian-American nobleman and polymath, whose areas of interest included philosophy, history, political science, economics, linguistics, art and theology.
1992
Ryan Johansen
Canadian ice hockey player
Ryan Johansen is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
1962
Troy Murray
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2026)
Troy Norman Murray was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Murray was born in Calgary, Alberta, but grew up in St. Albert, Alberta.
1886
Larry Doyle
American baseball player (died 1974)
Lawrence Joseph Doyle, nicknamed "Laughing Larry", was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1920 who played almost his entire career for the New York Giants.
1894
Fred Keenor
Welsh footballer (died 1972)
Frederick Charles Keenor was a Welsh professional footballer. He began his career at his hometown side Cardiff City after impressing the club's coaching staff in a trial match in 1912 organised by his former…
1886
Salvatore Maranzano
Italian-American mob boss (died 1931)
Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in…
1826
William S. Clark
American colonel and politician (died 1886)
William Smith Clark was an American professor of chemistry, botany, and zoology; a colonel during the American Civil War; and a leader in agricultural education.
1974
Jonathan Ogden
American football player
Jonathan Phillip Ogden is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as an offensive tackle with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).
1947
Karl Green
English bass player and songwriter
Herman's Hermits are an English pop rock group formed in 1963 in Manchester and fronted by singer Peter Noone.
1986
Evgeni Malkin
Russian ice hockey player
Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1956
Bill Callahan
American football player and coach
William E. Callahan is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
1962
Wesley Snipes
American actor and producer
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, martial artist, author, and film producer.
2000
Kim Sae-ron
South Korean actress (died 2025)
Kim Sae-ron was a South Korean actress. Kim began her career in 2001 as a child model and transitioned to acting in 2009 with the film A Brand New Life (2009).
1858
Marion Talbot
American educator (died 1948)
Marion Talbot was an American educator who served as Dean of Women at the University of Chicago from 1895 to 1925, and an influential leader in the higher education of women in the United States during the early 20th…