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March 31 birthdays

321 notable historical figures were born on March 31, and 189 died on this day. Everyone born on March 31 is a Aries.

18% of March 31 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on March 31

• Al Gore (born 1948. Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001)
• Cesar Chavez (1927 to 1993. American civil rights activist (1927–1993))
• René Descartes (1596 to 1650. French philosopher and mathematician (1596–1650))
• Stockton Rush (1962 to 2023. American businessman (1962–2023))
• William Daniels (born 1927. American actor (born 1927))
• Joseph Haydn (1732 to 1809. Austrian composer (1732–1809))
• Henry II (1519 to 1559. King of France from 1547 to 1559)
• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900 to 1974. British prince (1900–1974))
• Scott Joplin (1868 to 1917. American composer and pianist (1868–1917))
• Oleksandr Turchynov (born 1964. Ukrainian politician (born 1964))
• César Gaviria (born 1947. Colombian economist and politician (born 1947))
• Ewan McGregor (born 1971. Scottish actor (born 1971))
• Alexandra Kollontai (1872 to 1952. Soviet politician and diplomat (1872–1952))
• Kamala Surayya (1934 to 2009. Indian poet and author (1934–2009))
• Octavio Paz (1914 to 1998. Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (1914–1998))
• Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718 to 1781. Queen of Portugal from 1750 to 1777)
• Benedict XIV (1675 to 1758. Head of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758)
• Frederick V of Denmark (1723 to 1766. King of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1766)
• Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939 to 1993. First President of Georgia (1991–92))
• Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972. Spanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer)
• Arthur Griffith (1872 to 1922. Irish politician and writer, founder of Sinn Féin (1871–1922))
• Philippa of Lancaster (1360 to 1415. Queen consort of Portugal (1360–1415))
• Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863 to 1939. Maharaja of Baroda from 1875 to 1939)
• Lawrence Bragg (1890 to 1971. Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer (1890–1971))
• Forrest Galante (born 1988. American television presenter (born 1988))
• Pius IV (1499 to 1565. Head of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565)
• Andrew Marvell (1621 to 1678. English poet and politician (1621–1678))
• Joseph Rantz (1914 to 2007. American rower (1914–2007))
• Catherine (1373 to 1418. Queen of Castile and León from 1390 to 1406)
• David Steel (born 1938. Scottish retired politician (born 1938))
• John J. McCloy (1895 to 1989. American lawyer and banker (1895–1989))
• Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819 to 1901. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1894 to 1900)
• Andrew Lang (1844 to 1912. Scottish author and critic (1844–1912))
• Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906 to 1979. Japanese physicist (1906-1979))
• Joan Feynman (1927 to 2020. American astrophysicist (1927–2020))
• Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839 to 1888. Polish-Russian explorer (1839–1888))
• Leo Buscaglia (1924 to 1998. American professor of special education, motivational speaker, author (1924–1998))
• Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670 to 1736. French duke; legitimized son of Louis XIV (1670–1736))
• Alan Duncan (born 1957. British politician (born 1957))
• Stanisław Maczek (1892 to 1994. Polish general (1892–1994))
• Carlo Rubbia (born 1934. Italian particle physicist and Nobel Prize winner (born 1934))
• Robert Stevenson (filmmaker) (1905 to 1986. British-American film director (1905–1986))
• Vladimir Ilyushin (1927 to 2010. Soviet and Russian test pilot (1927–2010))
• Harold von Braunhut (1926 to 2003. American toy inventor (1926–2003))
• Svetozar Marović (born 1955. Montenegrin lawyer and politician (born 1955))
• Haldhar Nag (born 1950. Indian poet)
• Jun Togawa (born 1961. Japanese singer, musician and actress (born 1961))
• Zhaozong (867 to 904. Emperor of Tang China from 888 to 904)
• Benedict the Moor (1526 to 1589. Christian saint)
• Ahmed Urabi (1841 to 1911. Prime Minister of Egypt (1882))
• Christopher Walken (born 1943. American actor (born 1943))
• Frank De Martini (1952 to 2001. American architect (1952–2001))
• Bianca Maria Visconti (1425 to 1468. Duchess of Milan (1425–1468))
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927 to 2021. Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church (1927–2021))
• Alenka Bratušek (born 1970. Slovenian politician (born 1970))
• Olli Rehn (born 1962. Finnish politician)
• Ilir Hoxha (born 1949. Albanian communist)
• Kuupik Kleist (born 1958. Prime Minister of Greenland from 2009 to 2013)
• Jeffrey Gibson (born 1972. Native American painter and sculptor from New York, U.S.)
• Albert Hourani (1915 to 1993. Lebanese-British historian (1915–1993))

Died on March 31

• Selena (1971 to 1995. American singer-songwriter (1971–1995))
• Isaac Newton (1642 to 1727. English polymath (1642–1727))
• Jesse Owens (1913 to 1980. American track and field athlete (1913–1980))
• J. P. Morgan (1837 to 1913. American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913))
• Charlotte Brontë (1816 to 1855. English novelist and poet (1816–1855))
• Francis I (1494 to 1547. King of France from 1515 to 1547)
• Zaha Hadid (1950 to 2016. Iraqi and British architect (1950–2016))
• William McMahon (1908 to 1988. Prime Minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972)
• Philip III the Pious (1578 to 1621. King of Spain and Portugal from 1598 to 1621)
• John Donne (1572 to 1631. English poet and cleric (1572–1631))
• Bella Abzug (1920 to 1998. American politician (1920–1998))
• Lavr Kornilov (1870 to 1918. Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918))
• Anne Hyde (1637 to 1671. Duchess of York, first wife of the future James II of England)
• Eleanor Marx (1855 to 1898. English-born activist and translator (1855–1898))
• Muhammad Akbar (Mughal prince) (1657 to 1706. Mughal prince (1657–1706))
• Rodion Malinovsky (1898 to 1967. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1898–1967))
• Imre Kertész (1929 to 2016. Hungarian author (1929–2016))
• Vasily Vereshchagin (1842 to 1904. 19th-century Russian war artist)
• Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932 to 2020. Syrian politician (1932–2020))
• Pavel Milyukov (1859 to 1943. Russian historian and politician (1859–1943))
• Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504 to 1567. Landgrave of Hesse)
• Emil von Behring (1854 to 1917. German physiologist (1854–1917))
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835 to 1880. Polish composer, violinist, and pedagogue (1835–1880))
• Paul Landowski (1875 to 1961. French sculptor (1875–1961))
• Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (1210 to 1295. Regent of Scotland and competitor for the Scottish throne)
• John C. Calhoun (1782 to 1850. Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832)
• Ahmet İzzet Furgaç (1864 to 1937. Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1918))
• Nilo Peçanha (1867 to 1924. President of Brazil from 1909 to 1910)
• Francis Asbury (1745 to 1816. Methodist minister and bishop in America (1745–1816))
• Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793 to 1881. Hereditary Princess of Denmark)

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