| July 31st 1396 | | Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count
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| July 31st 1443 | | Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon
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| July 31st 1527 | | Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)
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| July 31st 1550 | | Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster
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| July 31st 1578 | | Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange
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| July 31st 1597 | | Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized
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| July 31st 1617 | | NicolĀ s Antonio, Spanish scholar (Censura de historias fabulosas)
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| July 31st 1629 | | Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer
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| July 31st 1654 | | Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat
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| July 31st 1704 | | Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
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| July 31st 1743 | | August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist
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| July 31st 1748 | | Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist
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| July 31st 1767 | | Amelie Julia Candielle, composer
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| July 31st 1803 | | John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor
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| July 31st 1808 | | Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer
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