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August 31 birthdays

274 notable historical figures were born on August 31, and 183 died on this day. Everyone born on August 31 is a Virgo.

16% of August 31 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (66) than any other country.

Born on August 31

• Mohammed bin Salman (born 1985. Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia since 2017)
• Commodus (161 to 192. Roman emperor from 177 to 192)
• Van Morrison (born 1945. Northern Irish musician (born 1945))
• Jahangir (1569 to 1627. Mughal emperor from 1605 to 1627)
• Queen Rania of Jordan (born 1970. Queen of Jordan since 1999)
• Emperor Taishō (1879 to 1926. Emperor of Japan from 1912 to 1926)
• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880 to 1962. Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948)
• Katerina Tikhonova (born 1986. Daughter of Vladimir Putin (born 1986))
• Tsai Ing-wen (born 1956. President of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2024)
• Ramon Magsaysay (1907 to 1957. President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957)
• Amrita Pritam (1919 to 2005. Indian writer (1919–2005))
• Hasan Nasrallah (1960 to 2024. Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024)
• Jaime Sin (1928 to 2005. Filipino Catholic prelate (1928–2005))
• Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 to 1894. German physicist and physiologist (1821–1894))
• Caroline Cossey (born 1954. English model and actress (born 1954))
• Satinder Sartaaj (born 1982. Indian singer)
• Nikolai Lukashenko (born 2004. Son of Alexander Lukashenko (born 2004))
• Robert Kocharyan (born 1954. Former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia)
• Edward Thorndike (1874 to 1949. American psychologist (1874–1949))
• Alan Jay Lerner (1918 to 1986. American lyricist and librettist (1918–1986))
• Ismail II (1533 to 1577. Safavid Shah of Iran from 1576 to 1577)
• Richard Gere (born 1949. American actor (born 1949))
• Luca di Montezemolo (born 1947. Italian businessman (born 1947))
• Georg von Hertling (1843 to 1919. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918)
• Isabella de' Medici (1542 to 1576. Italian noblewoman (1542–1576))
• Nikola Gruevski (born 1970. Prime minister of Macedonia from 2006 to 2016)
• Somchai Wongsawat (born 1947. Prime Minister of Thailand in 2008)
• Turki bin Salman Al Saud (born 1987. Saudi royal and businessman (born 1987))
• Charles, duc de Berry (1686 to 1714. Duke of Berry)
• Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786 to 1889. French chemist (1786–1889))
• Craig Nicholls (born 1977. Australian musician)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 to 1886. Italian opera composer (1834–1886))
• Bernard Lovell (1913 to 2012. English physicist and radio astronomer (1913–2012))
• Tea Seiha (born 1980. Cambodian politician (born 1980))
• Alanis Obomsawin (born 1932. American-Canadian Abenaki artist and filmmaker)
• Amaila of Solms- Braunfels (1602 to 1675. Princess of Orange from 1625 to 1647)
• Duke Ernst II (1871 to 1955. Last duke of Saxe-Altenburg from 1908 to 1918)
• Raja Koduri (born 1968. Computer engineer)
• Ramón Castilla (1797 to 1867. President of Peru variously in the 1800s)
• Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903 to 1985. French philosopher (1903–1985))
• JerryC (born 1981. Taiwanese guitarist and composer)
• Hugh David Politzer (born 1949. American theoretical physicist)
• John, Duke of Touraine (1398 to 1417. Duke of Touraine)
• Frank Cameron Jackson (born 1943. Australian philosopher)
• Archduke Anton Victor of Austria (1779 to 1835. Viceroy of Lombardy–Venetia)
• Ramon Barba (1939 to 2021. Filipino inventor and horticulturist (1939–2021))
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1917 to 2008. Filipino composer and pianist)
• Bimal Patel (architect) (born 1961. Indian architect and urban planner (born 1961))
• Guillaume Amontons (1663 to 1705. French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (1663-1705))
• Steve Perry (author) (born 1947. American television writer and science fiction author)
• Alexander Rosenberg (born 1946. American philosopher and novelist)
• Jeff Hardy (born 1977. American professional wrestler (born 1977))
• James Coburn (1928 to 2002. American actor (1928–2002))
• Kris Carr (born 1971. American author and speaker)
• Emilio Gentile (born 1946. Italian historian and professor (born 1946))
• CK Raut (born 1977. Nepalese activist, MP and engineer (born 1977))
• Neagu Djuvara (1916 to 2018. Romanian historian (1916–2018))
• Aarudra (1925 to 1998. Indian lyricist and writer (1925–1998))
• Robert Bacher (1905 to 2004. American nuclear physicist (1905–2004))
• Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929 to 1994. Peruvian writer)

Died on August 31

• Diana Spencer (1961 to 1997. Member of the British royal family (1961–1997))
• John Ford (1894 to 1973. American film director (1894–1973))
• Henry V of England (1386 to 1422. King of England from 1413 to 1422)
• Dodi Fayed (1955 to 1997. Egyptian film producer (1955–1997))
• Charles Baudelaire (1821 to 1867. French poet and critic (1821–1867))
• Pranab Mukherjee (1935 to 2020. President of India from 2012 to 2017)
• Muhammad al-Bukhari (810 to 870. Islamic hadith scholar (810–870))
• John Bunyan (1628 to 1688. English writer and preacher (1628–1688))
• Carlo Maria Martini (1927 to 2012. Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church (1927–2012))
• Urho Kekkonen (1900 to 1986. President of Finland from 1956 to 1982)
• Georges Braque (1882 to 1963. French painter and sculptor (1882–1963))
• Theodora Porphyrogenita (984 to 1056. Byzantine empress from 1042 to 1056)
• Lionel Hampton (1908 to 2002. American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader (1908–2002))
• Ilya Ehrenburg (1891 to 1967. Soviet writer (1891–1967))
• Immanuel Wallerstein (1930 to 2019. American sociologist and economic historian (1930–2019))
• Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729 to 1811. French military officer and explorer (1729–1811))
• Tamara Bunke (1937 to 1967. Argentinian-born East German revolutionary (1937–1967))
• Joseph Rotblat (1908 to 2005. Polish physicist (1908–2005))
• Matthias Grünewald (1480 to 1528. German Renaissance painter (c.1470–1528))
• Aidan of Lindisfarne (590 to 651. Irish monk and saint (died 651))
• Arthur St. Clair (1737 to 1818. Scottish-born American military officer and politician (1737–1818))
• Momozono (1741 to 1762. Emperor of Japan from 1747 to 1762)
• Andranik (1865 to 1927. Armenian military leader (1865–1927))
• Max Bygraves (1922 to 2012. British entertainer (1922–2012))
• François-André Danican Philidor (1726 to 1795. French composer and chess master (1726–1795))
• Henry II of Cyprus (1271 to 1324. King of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1270-1324))
• Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani (1892 to 1974. Emir of Qatar from 1949 to 1960)
• Sancho III of Castile (1134 to 1158. King of Castile and Toledo from 1157 to 1158)
• Jorge Alessandri (1896 to 1986. Chilean politician and President (1896–1986))
• Andrea Pozzo (1642 to 1709. Italian Jesuit, painter and architect)

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