Every yearJanuary 31
Everything January 31 celebrates
1 national, international, and world observance is on the calendar for January 31 every year, and 2 more land on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Backward DayLead | Celebration |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on January 31 in some years.
Tu BiShvat — 2029
Chinese New Year — 2033
Born on January 31
Historic figures
- Franz Schubert1797–1828Austrian pianist and composer
- Kenzaburō Ōe1935–2023Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Tokugawa Ieyasu1543–1616Japanese shōgun
- Irving Langmuir1881–1957American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Alva Myrdal1902–1986Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- Rudolf Mössbauer1929–2011German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Theodor Heuss1884–1963German journalist and politician
- Theodore William Richards1868–1928American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Jean Simmons1929–2010English-American actress
- Suzanne Pleshette1937–2008American actress
Celebrities & public figures
- Justin Timberlakeb. 1981American singer-songwriter
- Beatrix of the Netherlandsb. 1938Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013
- Preity Zintab. 1975Indian actress
- Julián Alvarezb. 2000Argentine footballer
- Kerry Washingtonb. 1977American actress
- Portia de Rossib. 1973Australian-American actress
- Minnie Driverb. 1970English singer-songwriter and actress
- John Lydonb. 1956English singer-songwriter
- Jonathan Banksb. 1947American actor
- Philip Glassb. 1937American composer
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers January 31 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see January 31, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.