Births on July 31

Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist and author

Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist and presenter for radio and television. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited The Independent newspaper (1996–1998) and was political editor of BBC News (2000–2005). He began hosting a political programme—Sunday AM, later called The Andrew Marr Show—on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005 until he left the BBC in December 2021. In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running Start the Week Monday morning discussion programme. On Monday 7 March 2022, Marr started his first show called “Tonight With Andrew Marr” on LBC which will run to Mondays to Thursdays from 6pm-7pm weeknights.

In 2007, he presented Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain, a BBC Two documentary series on the political history of post-war Britain, which was followed by a prequel in 2009, Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, focusing on the period between 1901 and 1945. In 2010, he presented a series, Andrew Marr's Megacities (the title distinguishes it from another Megacities series), examining the life, development and challenges of some of the largest cities in the world.

In early 2012, he presented The Diamond Queen, a three-part series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. In late September 2012, Marr began presenting Andrew Marr's History of the World, a series examining the history of human civilisation.

Following a stroke in January 2013, Marr was in hospital for two months. He returned to presenting The Andrew Marr Show on 1 September 2013.