List of Famous people born on July 31st
Jimmy Cook
Stephen James Cook is a former South African footballer and cricketer who played in three Tests and four ODIs from 1991 to 1993. His son Stephen Cook currently plays for Gauteng and the national side, the Proteas. He played football for Wits University while studying for a teaching degree in the late seventies and featured in the 1978 Mainstay Cup Final.
Bruce George Peter Lee
Bruce George Peter Lee is one of Britain's most prolific serial killers. He confessed to a total of 11 acts of arson, and was convicted of 26 counts of manslaughter. 11 of these were overturned on appeal. Lee was imprisoned for life in 1981.
Tom Gores
Tom Gores is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder of Platinum Equity, a private equity firm with headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. On June 1, 2011, Gores and Platinum Equity became the owners of the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons. He would later become sole owner of the team in 2015. Gores is also a billionaire with an estimated current net worth of $4.1 billion according to the 2019 Forbes 400 list.
Svetlana Sleptsova
Svetlana Yuryevna Sleptsova is a retired Russian biathlete. She is a member of the club CSKA. She is a three-time Junior World Champion and won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships in Östersund. In 2009, she was part of the gold medal winning Russian women's relay team at the World Championships in Pyeongchang. Sleptsova is an Olympic champion in relay at Vancouver.
Louis Plamondon
Louis Plamondon is a Canadian politician who has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel in the House of Commons since 1984, making him the Dean of the House, the longest-serving current member of the House of Commons.
Jade Kwan
Kwan Wai-Man, better known professionally as Jade Kwan Sum-Yin, is a Cantopop singer and philanthropist based in Hong Kong. Originally from Vancouver, she entered the music industry after winning the 1999 New Talent Singing Awards Canada Finals and the Best Potential Newcomer Award at the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals of the same year. She debuted under BMA Records in July 2002 with the album Jade-1, winning multiple best new artist awards and has since released more than 13 albums and extended plays. Kwan is known for her philanthropic work and has been awarded the 2012 Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection and the Hong Kong Volunteer Award in 2011. She is the founder and chairperson of charitable organization Shining Life Limited 妍亮生命慈善基金.
Peter Senior
Peter Albert Charles Senior is an Australian professional golfer who has won more than twenty tournaments around the world.
Abhay Jodhpurkar
Abhay Jodhpurkar is an Indian singer born in Madhya Pradesh. He debuted as a playback singer with the Kannada film God Father in 2012. He is best known for his song "Moongil Thottam", a duet with Harini for the Tamil film Kadal and "E Sanje Eke Jaruthide" for the Kannada film RangiTaranga. In 2018, he sang "Mere Naam Tu" for Zero, which marks his singing debut in Bollywood.
Leona Naess
Leona Kristina Naess is a British singer-songwriter. She released her debut album, Comatised, in March 2000, which produced the single "Charm Attack".
Karen Zerby
Karen Elva Zerby is the current leader of The Family International, originally known as the Children of God. She is also called Maria, Mama Maria, Maria David, Maria Fontaine, and Queen Maria.