Authors born in 1831
- Adolph Saphir Missionary, 1831
- Alexander Balmain Bruce Theologian, 1831
- Amelia B. Edwards Writer, 1831
- Amelia Barr Writer, 1831
- Anko Itosu Karateka, 1831
- Anna Leonowens Writer, 1831
- Benjamin F. Grady Teacher, 1831
- Charles Stuart Calverley Poet, 1831
- Daniel Coit Gilman Educator, 1831
- Edmund Yates Writer, 1831
- Eduard Suess Geographer, 1831
- Frederic William Farrar Cleric, 1831
- H. P. Blavatsky Occultist, 1831
- Hale White Writer, 1831
- Helena Blavatsky Occultist, 1831
- Isabella Bird Explorer, 1831
- James A. Garfield President, 1831
- James C. Maxwell Physician, 1831
- John B. Hood Military General , 1831
- Nikolai Leskov Novelist, 1831
- Wilhelm Raabe Novelist, 1831
- Willard Fiske Chemist, 1831