Famous People Born on December 31

♑ Capricorn

• Ray Graves (1918) — American football player and coach (1918–2015)
• Raphie Kaplinsky (1946) — English professor
• King Kelly (1857) — American baseball player and manager (1857–1894)
• George C. Marshall (1880) — American politician and United States Army general (1880–1959)
• Roy Greenslade (1946) — British academic and journalist (born 1946)
• Jonathan Horton (1985) — American artistic gymnast
• Matt Cross (wrestler) (1980) — American professional wrestler (born 1980)
• Phill Kline (1959) — American politician
• Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (695) — Umayyad general and governor of Sindh (695–715)
• Jeremy Heywood (1961) — British civil servant (1961–2018)
• Ricky Whittle (1979) — English actor (born 1979)
• Vishnudevananda Saraswati (1927) — Indian guru (1927–1993)
• Jean-Pierre Rives (1952) — France international rugby union player (born 1952)
• Herman Boerhaave (1668) — Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)
• Karl-August Fagerholm (1901) — Prime Minister of Finland (1948–1950, 1956–1957, 1958–1959)
• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738) — British Army officer (1738–1805)
• John Frost (British Army officer) (1912) — British Army general (1912–1993)
• Tess Jaray (1937) — British painter and printmaker (1937–2026)
• Alex Ferguson (1941) — Scottish football manager (born 1941)
• Gabby Douglas (1995) — American artistic gymnast (born 1995)
• Hugh McElhenny (1928) — American football player (1928–2022)
• Andreas Vesalius (1514) — Anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)
• Mario Aerts (1974) — Belgian cyclist (born 1974)
• Richie McCaw (1980) — New Zealand international rugby union player (born 1980)
• Cheryl Womack (1950)
• Embrace (English band) (1970) — British rock band
• Tyrone Corbin (1962) — American basketball player and coach (born 1962)
• Corey Crawford (1984) — Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)
• Kenny Roberts (1951) — American motorcycle racer (born 1951)
• Jane Badler (1953) — American actress and singer