Jānis Birks (Janis Birks)

Finnish politician | Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (2024), Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2019), Cross of Merit of the Frontier Guards

French journalist | Knight of the National Order of Merit | Institut Pratique du Journalisme | Nice: July 31, 1963 - Pont-Audemer: December 24, 2015 | Bernard

Russian politician | Order of Honour, Master of Sport of the USSR, International Class, Order of Friendship, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR | Dagestan

Polish politician | Bronze Cross of Merit | University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz | Bielawa: July 31, 1961 - Vienna: January 16, 1915

Politician | Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal | Shelby High School, George Washington University, North Carolina Central University, Appalachian

Italian entrepreneur | Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of Merit for Labour | Sapienza University of Rome | Torrice: July 31, 1958

Austrian watchmaker and politician | Grand Officer of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria | University of Innsbruck | Wörgl: July 31

Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015 | honorary doctor of Harvard University (2015) | Harvard Law School, Harvard College, Milton Academy | Chicago

Premier of Victoria from 2010 to 2013 | Officer of the Order of Australia (2020) | University of Melbourne | Melbourne: July 31, 1953 - Madrid: March 17, 1960

Dutch politician, attorney general and jurist | Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2023) | Radboud University Nijmegen | Helmond: July 31, 1953 - Moscow

Spanish politician | Order of Charles III (2004), Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (2014) | Ohio State University, Complutense University of Madrid

Leader of the House of Lords since 2022 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Nottingham High School, Peterhouse | July 31, 1951 - Santiago de

British politician (born 1951) | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Trinity College, Eton College | Carlisle: July 31, 1951 - Cairo: June 20, 1945

Moldovan politician (1949-2020) | Order of Work Merit | Technical University of Moldova | Sirota: July 31, 1949 - Chișinău: April 8, 2020 | Valeriu Muravschi

French diplomat and politician | Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Officer

Republican United States House Representative from South Carolina | Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class (2023) | University of South Carolina

Ukrainian composer and politician (1945–2023) | Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, Order of Merit, 1st class, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, Merited

American politician | Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa | Williams College, Harvard Law School, Gonzaga College High School, University of Texas at Austin

Dutch former politician | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1978) | Tax academy, Erasmus University Rotterdam | Drunen: July 31, 1942 - Münster

Greek politician, minister (1939–2021) | Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1998) | Technical University of Munich | Athens: July 31, 1939 - Athens

Palestinian politician, diplomat and ambassador | Order of Jerusalem (2022) | Ain Shams University | Jerusalem: July 31, 1938 - Pune: March 8, 1957 | Mohamed

Member of the Knesset | Israel Prize (2023) | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Daliyat al-Karmel: July 31, 1928 - Daliyat al-Karmel: February 9, 2025 | Amal

Purple Heart recipient and 42nd Governor of Michigan (1925-1994) | Purple Heart, Eagle Scout | University of Olivet | Windsor: July 31, 1925 - Manchester: May 13, 1994

English human rights activist (1921-2005) | Gandhi Peace Award (1978) | Balliol College, Eton College | London: July 31, 1921 - Oxford: February 25, 2005

American civil rights leader | Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kentucky State University, Harvard University

Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987) | Feltrinelli Prize, Strega Prize (1967), Bagutta Prize (1967), Premio Campiello

Soviet geologist and politician (1912-1962) | Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Outstanding Merit, Order of

Soviet politician (1909-1963) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Star, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War

German politician (1908-2002) | Bavarian Order of Merit (1963), Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959), Order of

Spanish politician (1893-1982) | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Grand Cross of the Order of Cisneros (1956), Grand Cross of the Order of Cisneros

Canadian politician (1886–1980) | Commander of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1937), Knight of the Legion of Honour

German politician and member of the 20 July plot (1884-1945) | Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1932) | University of Tübingen | Piła: July 31, 1884

Czech graphic, illustrator, painter and typographer (1873-1944) | Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd class (1992), USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and

Norwegian diplomat (1869–1939) | Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Order of the Redeemer, Knight of the Order of the Polar Star, King Haakon VII

British Army general (1861-1942) | Order of the Bath | Repton School | July 31, 1861 - January 6, 1942 | Frederick Shaw | July 31, 1861 - January 6, 1942

Japanese legal scholar and politician | Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class | University of Tokyo | July 31, 1860

Austrian surgeon (1860-1939) | honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, Lister Medal (1927), honorary doctorate of the University of Graz, Honorary doctor

Russian politician | Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (1912), Medal In memory of Alexander III, Order of the White Eagle (1913), Medal "In memory of the 300th

Spanish politician (1854-1912) | Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge (1890) | Instituto San Isidro, Universidad Central | Ferrol: July 31, 1854

British lawyer and judge (1851-1919) | Knight Bachelor | University of London | Chertsey: July 31, 1851 - London: November 15, 1919 | Charles Swinfen Eady, 1st

Canadian politician (1846–1923) | Knight Bachelor, honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (1900) | McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health

Irish politician and philanthropist (1841-1929) | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (1920), Knight of St. Patrick (1902), Knight Grand

German officer (1833-1904) | Friedrich Order, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class, Order of the Black Eagle, Order of the Iron Crown

American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886) | Eisenmann Medal (2002), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

French politician (1821-1888) | Commander of the Legion of Honour | École polytechnique | Paris: July 31, 1821 - Paris: May 17, 1888 | Hervé Mangon (Herve

Finnish politician and Fennoman (1810-1893) | Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class (1857) | Royal Academy of Turku, University of Helsinki | Laukaa: July 31, 1810