List of Famous people born on January 31st

Rabbi Wolf Gold was a rabbi, Jewish activist, and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence

Archibald Anderson Bethel is a British businessman. He is CEO of Babcock International, and a main board director. He is president of the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI), and vice-president and treasurer of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Great Britain. He is a lay member of the Court of the University of Strathclyde. Bethel is the former president of Scottish Engineering, and former CEO of the Lanarkshire Development Agency.

Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin was a Soviet military commander and a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov, also known as A.P Alaexandrov, was a Russian physicist, director of the Kurchatov Institute, academician and president of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1975–1986).

Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay was a Scottish geologist.

Joakim Bonnier was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams. He was the first Swede to both enter and win a Formula One Grand Prix.