Birthday twins

People Born on October 31

October 31 is the birthday of 63 notable people we've found so far, including actors, authors, athletes and creators, and 3 of them are billionaires.

3
billionaires
joint #81 of 366 birthdays
9
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #227 of 366 birthdays
63
notable people
joint #10 of 366 birthdays
$13.9B
combined wealth
joint #177 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 421 years, from 1581 to 2002.
  • People born on this day come from 30 countries, most often United States (16 of 63).
  • Marcos Galperin is the wealthiest person we list for October 31, with an estimated $9.3B reported as of 2025.
  • Founders born on October 31 started companies including Wētā FX, Poste Air Cargo and Mercado Libre.
  • Marcos Galperin accounts for more than half of the documented wealth among people born on this day.
  • October 31 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including billionaires, entrepreneurs, founders and actors.
  • 59% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • 2 Nobel laureates were born on October 31, including John Pople and Adolf von Baeyer.
  • 5 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

💰 Richest person born on October 31

billionaire

Marcos Galperin

Entrepreneur · Mercado Libre · retail

1971 · Argentina

$9.3Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

Marcos Eduardo Galperin Lebach is an Argentine businessman and technology entrepreneur, best known as co-founder of Mercado Libre. He led the company as Chief Executive Officer for more than two decades and became Executive Chairman on January 1, 2026.

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Reported estimate as of 2025: $9.3B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How October 31 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every October birthday · battle October 31 against another date · all rankings

The October 31 wealth profile

Billionaires born on October 31

$13.9B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of 2026
3
sourced estimates
3
billionaires
joint #81 of 366
#177
of 366 for wealth
joint

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

Sergio Mantegazza
billionaire

Sergio Mantegazza

Entrepreneur

1927–2024 · Switzerland

$2.7Bolder estimate, as of February 2024 · Forbes

Sergio Mantegazza was a Swiss-Italian billionaire businessman, chairman and owner of Globus, a multinational travel company. According to Forbes, Mantegazza was the 16th richest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion as of February 2024.

NMLondon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Who shares October 31

What kind of people are born on October 31?

Share of the 63 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Actors29% (18 people)
  • Authors27% (17 people)
  • Athletes22% (14 people)
  • Creators21% (13 people)
  • Politicians17% (11 people)
  • Scientists17% (11 people)
  • Musicians16% (10 people)

Countries

30 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States16 (16 people)
  • United Kingdom8 (8 people)
  • Japan4 (4 people)
  • France3 (3 people)
  • Spain3 (3 people)
  • Germany2 (2 people)
  • Italy2 (2 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on October 31 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. 25Marcos GalperinFounded Mercado Libre (1997)
  2. ~7Reza PahlaviBecame crown prince (1967)
  3. 18Norodom SihanoukBecame King of Cambodia (1941)
  4. ~21Willow SmithNamed Time 100 (2021)

26 to 30

  1. ~28Marco van BastenNamed FIFA World Player of the Year (1992)
  2. ~28Marcus RashfordJoined Aston Villa F.C. (2025)
  3. ~29Emiliano SalaJoined Cardiff City F.C. (2019)
  4. ~30DungaJoined VfB Stuttgart (1993)

31 to 40

  1. ~32Peter JacksonFounded Wētā FX (1993)
  2. 37Norodom SihanoukBecame king (1960)
  3. ~39Michael CollinsReceived the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969)
  4. ~37Neal StephensonReceived the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1996)

41 to 50

  1. 42Peter JacksonReceived the Academy Award for Best Picture (2004)
  2. 50Lee GrantReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1976)
  3. 43Chiang Kai-shekBecame Premier of the Republic of China (1930)
  4. 49William Gibbs McAdooBecame United States Secretary of the Treasury (1913)

After 50

  1. ~73John PopleReceived the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1998)
  2. ~70Adolf von BaeyerReceived the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1905)
  3. ~52Bud SpencerFounded Poste Air Cargo (1981)
  4. 71Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelBecame Deputy Prime Minister of India (1947)

The standouts

The most successful people born on October 31

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

John Candy
actor

John Candy

Top tier

Actor

1950–1994 · Canada

John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian best known for his work in Hollywood comedy films.

NBC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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politician

Chiang Kai-shek

Top tier

Politician

1887–1975 · Taiwan

Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was the President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 and the head of the Nationalist government from 1925 to 1948.

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Rob Schneider
actor

Rob Schneider

Top tier

Actor

1963 · United States

Robert Michael Schneider is an American actor and comedian. He rose to prominence as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1990–1994), where he earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Reza Pahlavi
musician

Reza Pahlavi

Top tier

Politician

1960 · Pahlavi Iran

Reza Pahlavi is an Iranian political activist and the former Crown Prince of the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran. He is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and his wife, Empress Farah. He lives in the United States as a dissident in exile.

VOA Farsi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Michael Landon
actor

Michael Landon

Top tier

Actor

1936–1991 · United States

Michael Landon Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989).

NBC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

Builders

Entrepreneurs born on October 31

Michael Collins
entrepreneur

Michael Collins

Entrepreneur

1930–2021 · United States

Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S.

NASA; restored by Coffeeandcrumbs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bud Spencer
founder

Bud Spencer

Founder · Poste Air Cargo

1929–2016 · Italy

Bud Spencer was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner and friend Terence Hill. Spencer and Hill appeared in 18 films together.

Marcello Fondato, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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William Gibbs McAdoo
entrepreneur

William Gibbs McAdoo

Entrepreneur

1863–1941 · United States

William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. was an American lawyer and statesman. McAdoo was a leader of the Progressive movement and played a major role in the administration of his father-in-law, President Woodrow Wilson.

Harris & Ewing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Abel Matutes
entrepreneur

Abel Matutes

Entrepreneur

1941 · Spain

Abel Matutes y Juan is a Spanish former politician who served as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 6 May 1996 to 2000. He was also a European commissioner from 1986 to 1994 and a Member of the European Parliament.

Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Badri Patarkatsishvili
entrepreneur

Badri Patarkatsishvili

Entrepreneur

1955–2008 · Georgia

Arkady Shalvovich "Badri" Patarkatsishvili was a Georgian businessman who also became extensively involved in politics. He contested the 2008 Georgian presidential election and came third with 7.1% of the votes.

Paata Vardanashvili, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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entrepreneur

Donald Pritzker

Entrepreneur

1932–1972 · United States

Donald Nicholas Pritzker was an American businessman. He was a member of the Pritzker family and served as the president of Hyatt, where he helped grow the hotel chain.

Sources (2)

October 31 in history

What else happened on October 31

  1. 475Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
  2. 1864Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
  3. 1924World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
  4. 1963Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis kills 81 people and injures another 400 during an ice show.
  5. 1999EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on October 31

Dermot Mulroney
athlete

Dermot Mulroney

Athlete

1963 · United States

Dermot Patrick Mulroney is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles in a wide variety of genres, including romantic comedy, western, and drama films.

Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Piper Perabo
actor

Piper Perabo

Actor

1976 · United States

Piper Lisa Perabo is an American actress.

John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
athlete

Marco van Basten

Athlete

1964 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Dutch former football manager and player who played as a striker for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team.

Sources (2)
Willow Smith
actor

Willow Smith

Actor

2000 · United States

Willow Camille Reign Smith, known mononymously as Willow, is an American musician and actress. After early beginnings as a child actress, she signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2010, becoming the label's youngest artist.

JD Sports, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Ogden Stiers
actor

David Ogden Stiers

Actor

1942–2018 · United States

David Allen Ogden Stiers was an American actor and conductor. He appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated the role of Feldman in The Magic Show, in 1974.

CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
John Keats
author

John Keats

Author

1795–1821 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

John Keats was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25.

William Hilton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Katsushika Hokusai
artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Artist

1760–1849 · Japan

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

missing name, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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artist

Zaha Hadid

Artist

1950–2016 · United Kingdom

Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi and British architect, artist, and designer. She is recognised as a key figure in the architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries.

Sources (2)
Ansu Fati
athlete

Ansu Fati

Athlete

2002 · Spain

Anssumane "Ansu" Fati Vieira is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Ligue 1 club Monaco. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he played for the Spain national team.

Olga Shcherbytska, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Vanilla Ice
actor

Vanilla Ice

Actor

1967 · United States

Robert Matthew Van Winkle, known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is a rapper, singer, actor, and television host.

Rick Marshall, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Stephen Rea
actor

Stephen Rea

Actor

1946 · United Kingdom

Stephen Rea is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of Dublin's Focus Theatre, and played many roles on the stage and on Irish television.

BackPacKer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Letitia Wright
actor

Letitia Wright

Actor

1993 · United Kingdom

Letitia Michelle Wright is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sally Kirkland
actor

Sally Kirkland

Actor

1941–2025 · United States

Sally Kirkland Jr. was an American actress and producer. A one-time member of Andy Warhol's The Factory, she was a part of 1960s New York avant-garde theater. She appeared in more than 250 film and television productions during a 60-year career.

BrianToPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lee Grant
actor

Lee Grant

Actor

1925 · United States

Lee Grant is an American actress, documentarian, and director. In a career spanning over eight decades, she won an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Directors Guild of America Award, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards.

20th Century-Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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athlete

Dunga

Athlete

1963 · Brazil

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, commonly known as Dunga, is a Brazilian football manager and former professional player.

Sources (2)
Barbara Bel Geddes
actor

Barbara Bel Geddes

Actor

1922–2005 · United States

Barbara Bel Geddes was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades.

Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Neal Stephenson
author

Neal Stephenson

Author

1959 · United States

Neal Town Stephenson is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and baroque.

Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Guti
athlete

Guti

Athlete

1976 · Spain

José María Gutiérrez Hernández, known as Guti, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Juan Fernández, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alexander Alekhine
author

Alexander Alekhine

Author

1892–1946 · France

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.

Alexandre_Alekhine_01.jpg: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) derivative work: JesusAngelRey (talk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Brent Corrigan
actor

Brent Corrigan

Actor

1986 · United States

Sean Paul Lockhart, known by his stage name Brent Corrigan, is an American film actor and director, known for Milk (2008), Judas Kiss (2011), and Triple Crossed (2013).

Jody Wheeler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Helmut Newton
artist

Helmut Newton

Artist

1920–2004 · Germany

Helmut Newton was a German-Australian photographer. The New York Times described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications."

Ralf Liebau, stimmte der Veröffentlichung unter GNU zu, cropped Beyond My Ken (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Karl Weierstraß
scientist

Karl Weierstraß

Scientist

1815–1897 · Kingdom of Prussia

Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis". Despite leaving university without a degree, he studied mathematics and trained as a school teacher, eventually teaching mathematics, physics, botany and gymnastics.

Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Simão Sabrosa
athlete

Simão Sabrosa

Athlete

1979 · Portugal

Simão Pedro da Fonseca Sabrosa, known mononymously as Simão, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger, with dribbling and set piece skills as primary attributes.

Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Harvey
scientist

David Harvey

Scientist

1935 · United Kingdom

David William Harvey is a British-American academic best known for Marxist analyses that focus on urban geography as well as the economy more broadly. He is a Distinguished Professor of anthropology and geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).

readingcapital, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Karl Radek
author

Karl Radek

Politician

1885–1939 · Poland

Karl Berngardovich Radek was a revolutionary and writer active in the Polish and German social democratic movements before World War I and a Communist International leader in the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Natalie Clifford Barney
author

Natalie Clifford Barney

Author

1876–1972 · United States

Natalie Clifford Barney was an American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together French and international writers.

Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

More profiles born on October 31

Sources and method for this page

This page lists 63 people born on October 31, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 3 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on October 31. Read the full methodology.

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