1931 births

leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

Canadian writer (1931–2024)

former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

American actor (1931–1955)

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)

Indian scientist and statesman (1931–2015)

Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Acharya Rajneesh, and commonly known as Osho (), was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was a controversial new religious movement leader during his life. He rejected institutional religions, insisting that spiritual experience could not be organized into any one system of religious dogma. As a guru, he advocated meditation and taught a unique form called dynamic meditation. Rejecting traditional ascetic practices, he encouraged his followers t

Robert Selden Duvall was an American actor, filmmaker, and producer, best known for his roles in films of the later 20th century. Duvall began acting professionally on stage in 1952, performing in summer plays at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport on Long Island until 1959, with a one-year break while serving in the U.S. Army. In his early theater career, he made contacts that then led to a career on television in the 1960s on shows such as The Defenders, Playhouse 90, and Armstrong Circle Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in the play Wait Until Dark in 1966, and, in 1977, he returned from screen acting to the stage in David Mamet's play American Buffalo, earning a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination.

Keith Rupert Murdoch is a former business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in the United States, book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News. He was also the owner of Sky, 21st Century Fox, and the now-defunct News of the World. With a net worth of US$21.7 billion as of 2 March 2022, Murdoch is the 31st-richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the world according to Forbes magazine. Due to his extensive wealth and influence over media and politics, Murdoch has been described as an oligarch.

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher

American actress (1931–2005)

British novelist and spy (1931–2020)

Italian-American astrophysicist (1931-2018)

American actor (1931–2015)

German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006)

first female president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976

Dutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021)

American physicist

American physicist (1931-2019)

American physicist

3rd President of Kenya (1931–2022)

President of Brazil from 1995 to 2003

Brazilian footballer (1931–2024)

Argentine activist, architect and sculptor

American actor (1931–2012)

Puerto Rican actress (born 1931)

American director and comedian (1931–2014)

Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster

Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007)

French actress (1931-2011)

British actor (1931–2020)

American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)

French footballer (1931–2017)

Italian economist, politician

French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)

Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019)

American actress (1931-2021)

American actress (born 1931)

French and American actress and dancer (born 1931)

Prime Minister of India (1989-1990)

American philosopher (1931–2007)

Japanese association football player and manager (1931–2009)

Japanese politician (1931-2022)

American cult leader (1931–1978)

Soviet and Russian composer (1931–2025)

Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–)

American actress (born 1931)

American musician (1931–2007)

Hungarian politician (1931-2011)

American actor (1931–2019)

Czech footballer (1931-2015)

Dutch politician

French film director (1931-1990)

Japanese association football player (1931–1970)

German climate researcher, meteorologist, and oceanologist (born 1931)

former president of Bangladesh (1931-2012)

novelist, editor, professor (1931-2015)

Italian-born Spanish actress (1931-2020)

American mathematician