List of Famous people born on January 31st

Takumi Yamamoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Manuel de Brito Filho, better known as Obina, is a former Brazilian football striker.

Korey Alexander Sheridan Smith is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swansea City.

Atahualpa Yupanqui was an Argentine singer, songwriter, guitarist, and writer. He is considered the most important Argentine folk musician of the 20th century.

María Elizabeth Vera, professionally known as Lissa Vera, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and actress. She is best known for being a member of Argentine all-female band Bandana. In 2007, she participated in reality show Gran Hermano.

Irene Wan Bik-ha is a Hong Kong actress, singer and producer.

Nobuyuki Hoshino is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Mahammad Amin Akhund Haji Mulla Alekber oghlu Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani statesman, scholar, public figure and the head of the Azerbaijani National Council. His expression "Bir kərə yüksələn bayraq, bir daha enməz!" became the motto of the independence movement in Azerbaijan in the early 20th century.

Jean-Michel Fauvergue is a French police commander and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Seine-et-Marne.

Jacques Cossette-Trudel is a Canadian who kidnapped British diplomat James Cross in the October Crisis of 1970 in Canada. Cossette-Trudel was a member of a cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) that kidnapped Cross in an attempt to start an uprising in Quebec, leading to its separation from Canada. Exchanged along with the rest of his cell in for a healthy Cross, he went into exile in Cuba and France. After his return, he was convicted of the offence of kidnapping and served time in prison. He has since worked as a communication counsellor and filmmaker in Quebec.