James Dean (1931-1955)
Movie Actor
1
James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
2
Rita Moreno, 93
Stage Actress
3
William Shatner, 94
TV Actor
4
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
5
Eddie Mathews (1931-2001)
Baseball Player
6
Anne Bancroft (1931-2005)
Movie Actress
7
George Jones (1931-2013)
Country Singer
8
Sam Cooke (1931-1964)
Soul Singer
9
Robert Duvall, 94
10
Ike Turner (1931-2007)
R&B Singer
11
Marla Gibbs, 94
TV Actress
12
Lafayette Morgan (1931-2005)
Politician
13
Della Reese (1931-2017)
Gospel Singer
14
Ian Holm (1931-2020)
15
Rip Torn (1931-2019)
16
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022)
World Leader
17
Mickey Mantle (1931-1995)
18
Barbara Barrie, 94
19
Carroll Baker, 94
20
Philip Baker Hall (1931-2022)
21
Regis Philbin (1931-2020)
TV Show Host
22
Olympia Dukakis (1931-2021)
23
Willie Mays (1931-2024)
24
Died in 1931
Born in the 1930s
Mohammad Ali (1931-2006)
25
Barbara Eden, 93
26
Mamie Van Doren, 94
27
Don King, 93
Sports Executive
28
John Smith (1931-1995)
29
Rupert Murdoch, 94
Entrepreneur
30
Brook Benton (1931-1988)
Pop Singer
31
Carmen Dell'Orefice, 94
Model
32
Diana Dors (1931-1984)
33
Jerry Van Dyke (1931-2018)
34
Desmond Tutu (1931-2021)
Religious Leader
35
Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007)
36
Skeeter Davis (1931-2004)
37
Hana Brady (1931-1944)
38
Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)
39
Angie Dickinson, 93
40
Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
Novelist
41
Alvin Ailey (1931-1989)
Choreographer
42
Lilly Pulitzer (1931-2013)
Fashion Designer
43
Mwai Kibaki (1931-2022)
44
George Baker (1931-2011)
45
Herb Kelleher (1931-2019)
46
Charles Nelson Reilly (1931-2007)
47
Dan Rather, 93
Journalist
48
Years
