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)