Leonid Yakubovich

Russian actor and television host.

Born July 31st, 1945 (age 79 years) in Moscow.

Jacob Aagaard

Danish-born scottish chess player.

Born July 31st, 1973 (age 51 years) in Hørsholm.

Franca Valeri

Italian actress (1920-2020).

Born July 31st, 1920 in Milan.

Died August 9th, 2020 at 100 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Michael Jung

German equestrian.

Born July 31st, 1982 (age 42 years) in Bad Soden am Taunus.

Ragnar Tørnquist

Norwegian game designer.

Born July 31st, 1970 (age 54 years) in Oslo.

John Tong Hon

Catholic cardinal.

Born July 31st, 1939 (age 85 years) in British Hong Kong.

Kunio Yanagita

Japanese folklorist.

Born July 31st, 1875 in Fukusaki.

Died August 8th, 1962 at 87 years old in Tokyo.

Brett Halliday

American novelist (1904-1977).

Born July 31st, 1904 in Chicago.

Died February 4th, 1977 at 72 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).

Clarence Kolb

Actor (1874-1964).

Born July 31st, 1874 in Cleveland.

Died November 25th, 1964 at 90 years old in Hollywood (stroke).

Arthur Barclay

President of liberia (1854-1938).

Born July 31st, 1854 in Bridgetown.

Died July 10th, 1938 at 83 years old in Monrovia.