Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 31

Births

 * 1872 - Zane Grey, American Western writer (d. 1939)
 * 1919 - Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (d. 1972)(pictured)
 * 1929 - Jean Simmons, English actress (d. 2010)
 * 1938 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
 * 1970 - Minnie Driver, British actress
 * 1981 - Justin Timberlake, American singer

Deaths

 * 1580 - Henry of Portugal (b. 1512)
 * 1606 - Gunpowder Plot conspirators:
 * Guy Fawkes (b. 1570)
 * Ambrose Rokewood (b. c. 1578)
 * Thomas Wintour (b. 1571)
 * 1956 - A. A. Milne, English author (b. 1882)