Born on July 31st, 1872
Weekday
Wednesday
July 31st, 1872 was a Wednesday.
Zodiac
♌
Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1872 - August 23rd, 1872
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 55,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 578 days, exactly on November 26th, 2025, people who were born on July 31st, 1872 will be 56,000 days old!
55,422 Days
7,917 Weeks
1,820 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on July 31st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 31st
Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 31st?
68 Louis de Funès
French actor and comedian
*July 31st, 1914, Courbevoie †January 27th, 1983, Nantes
64 Alejandro Atchugarry
Uruguayan politician
*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo
94 Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco.jpg "Cees Nooteboom")
Premchand
Hindi author from India (1880-1936)
*July 31st, 1880, Varanasi †October 8th, 1936, Varanasi
60 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 July plot (1884-1945)
*July 31st, 1884, Piła †February 2nd, 1945, Plötzensee Prison.jpg "Michael Bradley")
Johnny Carlyle
British ice hockey player and coach
*July 31st, 1929, Falkirk †April 15th, 2017, Larbert.jpg "Antonio Conte")
Vojtěch Preissig
Czech graphic, illustrator, painter and typographer (1873-1944)
*July 31st, 1873, Světec †June 11th, 1944, Dachau concentration campSame year
Born in 1872
55 Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole
*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic OceanHerbert Baddeley
Tennis and badminton player
*January 11th, 1872, London Borough of Bromley †July 20th, 1931, CannesWilfred Baddeley
Tennis player and sports administrator
*January 11th, 1872, London Borough of Bromley †January 24th, 1929, MentonMax Pohlenz
German classical philologist
*July 30th, 1872, Kolkwitz †January 5th, 1962, Göttingen
60 Calvin Coolidge
President of the United States from 1923 to 1929
*July 4th, 1872, Plymouth Notch †January 5th, 1933, Northampton
97 Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
*May 18th, 1872, Trellech †February 2nd, 1970, Plas Penrhyn
33 Paul Laurence Dunbar
American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
*June 27th, 1872, Dayton †February 9th, 1906, Dayton
46 Anna Held
Broadway stage performer (1872–1918)
*March 19th, 1872, Warsaw †August 12th, 1918, New York City
92 Helena Rubinstein
Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist
*December 25th, 1872, Kraków †April 1st, 1965, New York City
79 Alexandra Kollontai
Soviet diplomat (1872-1952)
*March 31st, 1872, Saint Petersburg †March 9th, 1952, Moscow
80 Cicely Hamilton
British actress and writer
*June 15th, 1872, Paddington †December 5th, 1952, Chelsea.jpg "Pio Baroja")
83 Pio Baroja
Spanish writer (1872-1956)
*December 28th, 1872, San Sebastián †October 30th, 1956, MadridPaul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue
*January 23rd, 1872, Paris †December 19th, 1946, Paris
69 Richard Willstätter
German chemist (1872–1942)
*August 13th, 1872, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1942, Muralto
94 Norman Angell
British politician (1872-1967)
*December 26th, 1872, Holbeach †October 7th, 1967, CroydonAurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
*August 15th, 1872, Sri Aurobindo Bhawan †December 5th, 1950, Pondicherry
101 Charles Greeley Abbot
American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian
*May 31st, 1872, Wilton †December 17th, 1973, Washington, D.C.Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
*March 7th, 1872, Amersfoort †February 1st, 1944, New York City
80 Carlo Sforza
Italian politician (1872-1952)
*January 23rd, 1872, Montignoso †September 4th, 1952, RomeBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on July 31st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day , Lā Hae Hawaiʻi Day) which are celebrated on July 31st.
July 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Earliest day on which the Feast of Kamál (Perfection) can fall, while August 1 is the latest; observed on the first day of the eighth month of the Baháʼí calendar. (Baháʼí Faith)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_calendarEnd of the Trinity term (sitting of the High Court of Justice of England)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_termSovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaiian sovereignty movement)
Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day (Hawaii, United States), and its related observanceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_Restoration_DayMartyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udham_SinghTreasury Day (Poland)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_PolandWarriors' Day (Malaysia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes'_DaySovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaiian sovereignty movement)
Lā Hae Hawaiʻi Day (Hawaii, United States), and its related observanceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_Restoration_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
31.7.1872
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1872 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).