List of Famous people born on October 31st

Bao Tong is a Chinese writer and activist. He was former Director of the Office of Political Reform of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Policy Secretary of Zhao Ziyang, Chinese Premier from 1980 to 1987 and CPC General Secretary from 1987 to 1989. He was also Director of the Drafting Committee for the CPC 13th Party Congresses, known for its strong support for market reform and opening up under Deng Xiaoping. Prior to this, he was a committee member and then Deputy Director of the Chinese State Commission for Economic Reform.

Chang Tai-shan, is a former Taiwanese professional baseball player.

Chen Yao is a Chinese actress. She is known for her role as Yue Qiluo in Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015).

Susan Orlean is a journalist and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992, and has contributed articles to many magazines including Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Outside.

Mais Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim, better known as Mais Hamdan, is a Jordanian actress, singer and TV presenter. Her sisters are Mai Selim and Dana Hamdan.

Kenjiro Haitani was a Japanese author of children's literature.

César Raúl Meza Torres, commonly referred to by his alias "El Mini 6", was a Mexican suspected assassin of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He was the son of Raúl Meza Ontiveros, a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. By the age of 15, Meza Torres aspired to be like his father and became involved in organized crime. He was popular on social media for posing in pictures with his weapons and for following his father's footsteps. Meza Torres' pictures later served as inspiration for other teenagers aspiring to join organized crime in Mexico.

Jacques Teyssier was a French and German citizen, and a German LGBT rights activist.

Vanessa Nicole Marano is an American actress and singer. She has starred in television movies and had recurring roles in such series as Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Ghost Whisperer, Scoundrels, Grey's Anatomy and The Young and the Restless. From 2011 to 2017, she starred as Bay Kennish on the Freeform television series Switched at Birth.

James Thornton is an English actor and voice-over artist. He is best known for portraying John Barton on the long-running British soap opera Emmerdale from 2009 to 2012; he previously appeared in the show in 1995.