The 212th day of the year, the 213th in a leap year
Born on 31 July
Every 31 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Leo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LeoFire, fixed, ruled by the Sun.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 31 July in any year.
Which weekday 31 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 31 July falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 31 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,867 babies were born on 31 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 49th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 31 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| J. K. Rowling | 1965– | English author |
| Milton Friedman | 1912–2006 | American economist and statistician |
| Louis de Funès | 1914–1983 | French actor and comedian |
| Primo Levi | 1919–1987 | Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer |
| Premchand | 1880–1936 | Indian writer of Hindi and Urdu fiction; pioneer of social realism in Hindustani literature |
| Richard Griffiths | 1947–2013 | British actor |
| Victoria Azarenka | 1989– | Belarusian tennis player |
| Wesley Snipes | 1962– | American actor |
| Friedrich Wöhler | 1800–1882 | German chemist |
| Jean Dubuffet | 1901–1985 | French artist |
| Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1527–1576 | King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia |
| Antonio Conte | 1969– | Italian association football player and manager |
| Philip the Good | 1396–1467 | Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467 |
| Geraldine Chaplin | 1944– | British-American actress |
| Paul D. Boyer | 1918–2018 | American biochemist |
| John Searle | 1932–2025 | American philosopher |
| Carlos Marchena | 1979– | Spanish footballer |
| Paulo Wanchope | 1976– | Costa Rican association football player |
Died on 31 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 1900–1944 | French writer and aviator |
| Denis Diderot | 1713–1784 | French Enlightenment philosopher, writer and encyclopedist |
| Andrew Johnson | 1808–1875 | President of the United States from 1865 to 1869 |
| Franz Liszt | 1811–1886 | Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist |
| Ignatius of Loyola | 1491–1556 | Spanish Catholic priest and theologian |
| Ismail Haniyeh | 1962–2024 | Hamas leader |
| Gore Vidal | 1925–2012 | American writer |
| Jeanne Moreau | 1928–2017 | French actress, singer, screenwriter and director |
| Jean Jaurès | 1859–1914 | French socialist leader |
| Fidel V. Ramos | 1928–2022 | President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998 |
| Baudouin of Belgium | 1930–1993 | fifth king of the Belgians |
| Bill Russell | 1934–2022 | American basketball player |
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