| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 161 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Commodus |
Roman Emperor (d. 192) |
| 1569 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Jahangir |
Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627) |
| 1602 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Amalia von Solms |
countess of Solms-Braunfels (d. 1675) |
| 1663 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Guillaume Amontons |
French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705) |
| 1721 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
George Hervey‚ 2nd Earl of Bristol |
British statesman (d. 1775) |
| 1741 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Husein Gradas?evi? |
Bosniak general (d. 1834) |
| 1741 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Jean Paul Egide Martini |
French composer (d. 1816) |
| 1767 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Henry Joy McCracken |
United Irishman (d. 1798) |
| 1821 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Hermann von Helmholtz |
German scientist (d. 1894) |
| 1822 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Galusha A. Grow |
American politician (d. 1907) |
| 1834 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Amilcare Ponchielli |
Italian composer (d. 1886) |
| 1842 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin |
American publisher‚ journalist‚ suffragist‚ civil rights leader (d. 1924) |
| 1843 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Georg von Hertling |
Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919) |
| 1870 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Maria Montessori |
Italian educator (d. 1952) |
| 1871 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
James E. Ferguson |
Governor of Texas (d. 1944) |
| 1878 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Frank Jarvis |
American athlete (d. 1933) |
| 1879 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Alma Mahler |
Austrian socialite‚ wife of composer Gustav Mahler (d. 1964) |
| 1885 |
August 31 |
Monday |
DuBose Heyward |
American playwright (d. 1940) |
| 1893 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Lily Laskine |
French harpist (d. 1988) |
| 1894 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Albert Facey |
Australian writer (d. 1982) |
| 1896 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Felix-Antoine Savard |
Canadian priest and novelist (d. 1982) |
| 1897 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Fredric March |
American actor (d. 1975) |
| 1900 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Gino Lucetti |
Italian anarchist (d. 1943) |
| 1903 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Arthur Godfrey |
American television host (d. 1983) |
| 1903 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Vladimir Jankelevitch |
French philosopher (d. 1985) |
| 1905 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Sanford Meisner |
American actor and teacher (d. 1997) |
| 1907 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Augustus F. Hawkins |
American politician (d. 2007) |
| 1907 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Ramon Magsaysay |
7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957) |
| 1907 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
William Shawn |
American editor (d. 1992) |
| 1907 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Altiero Spinelli |
Italian advocate of European federalism (d. 1986) |
| 1908 |
August 31 |
Monday |
William Saroyan |
American novelist (d. 1981) |
| 1911 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Edward Brongersma |
Dutch politician‚ writer and political activist. (d. 1998) |
| 1913 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Sir Bernard Lovell |
English radio astronomer |
| 1913 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Helen Levitt |
American photographer (d. 2009) |
| 1914 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Richard Basehart |
American actor (d. 1984) |
| 1916 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Daniel Schorr |
American journalist (d. 2010) |
| 1916 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Danny Litwhiler |
American baseball player and coach |
| 1916 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
John S. Wold |
American politician |
| 1918 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Alan Jay Lerner |
American lyricist (d. 1986) |
| 1919 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Amrita Preetam |
Indian poet and author (d. 2005) |
| 1920 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Gustavo Adolfo Palma |
Guatemalan singer (d. 2010) |
| 1921 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Raymond Williams |
Welsh academic (d. 1988) |
| 1924 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Buddy Hackett |
American actor and comedian (d. 2003) |
| 1928 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Jaime Sin |
Philippine cardinal and patriot (d. 2005) |
| 1928 |
August 31 |
Friday |
James Coburn |
American actor (d. 2002) |
| 1931 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Jean Beliveau |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1931 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Noble Willingham |
American actor (d. 2004) |
| 1934 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Nikos Xanthopoulos |
Greek actor |
| 1935 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Eldridge Cleaver |
American political activist (d. 1998) |
| 1935 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Frank Robinson |
American baseball player and manager |
| 1937 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Warren Berlinger |
American actor |
| 1938 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Martin Bell |
British journalist |
| 1938 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Murray Gleeson |
Chief Justice of Australia |
| 1939 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Jerry Allison |
American drummer (The Crickets) |
| 1940 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Jack Thompson |
Australian actor |
| 1940 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Roger Newman |
British born-American television actor and writer (d. 2010) |
| 1941 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
William DeWitt‚ Jr. |
American businessman |
| 1943 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Leonid Ivashov |
Russian general |
| 1944 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Roger Dean |
English artist |
| 1944 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Clive Lloyd |
Guyanese West Indies cricketer |
| 1944 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Jos LeDuc |
Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999) |
| 1945 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Van Morrison |
Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician |
| 1945 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Itzhak Perlman |
Israeli violinist |
| 1946 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Jerome Corsi |
American writer |
| 1947 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Mona Marshall |
American voice actress |
| 1947 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Luca di Montezemolo |
Italian businessman |
| 1947 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Yumiko ?shima |
Japanese manga artist |
| 1947 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Somchai Wongsawat |
26th Prime Minister of Thailand |
| 1948 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Harald Ertl |
Austrian racing driver (d. 1982) |
| 1948 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Lowell Ganz |
American screenwriter |
| 1948 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Ken McMullen |
English film director |
| 1948 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Holger Osieck |
German footballer and coach |
| 1948 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Rudolf Schenker |
German guitarist (Scorpions) |
| 1949 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Richard Gere |
American actor |
| 1949 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
H. David Politzer |
American physicist‚ Nobel laureate |
| 1952 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Herbert Reul |
German politician |
| 1953 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Miguel angel Guerra |
Argentine racing driver |
| 1953 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Gyorgy Karoly |
Hungarian author |
| 1953 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Pavel Vinogradov |
Russian cosmonaut |
| 1954 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Julie Brown |
American actress‚ singer-songwriter and screenwriter |
| 1955 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Edwin Moses |
American athlete |
| 1955 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Gary Webb |
American journalist (d. 2004) |
| 1956 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Maria Balazova |
Slovak painter |
| 1956 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Masashi Tashiro |
Japanese television performer |
| 1957 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Colm O'Rourke |
Irish footballer and commentator |
| 1957 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Gina Schock |
American drummer (The Go-Go's) |
| 1957 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Glenn Tilbrook |
English singer and guitarist (Squeeze) |
| 1958 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Serge Blanco |
French rugby union footballer |
| 1959 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Ralph Krueger |
Canadian ice hockey coach |
| 1960 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Vali Ionescu |
Romanian long jumper |
| 1960 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Chris Whitley |
American musician (d. 2005) |
| 1962 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Dee Bradley Baker |
American voice actor |
| 1963 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Reb Beach |
American guitarist |
| 1963 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Todd Carty |
Irish actor |
| 1963 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Sonny Silooy |
Dutch footballer |
| 1964 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Raymond P. Hammond |
American poet and editor |
| 1965 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Daniel Bernhardt |
Swiss actor |
| 1965 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Celine Bonnier |
French Canadian actress |
| 1965 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Willie Watson |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1966 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Jan Einar Thorsen |
Norwegian Alpine skier |
| 1967 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Jonathan Cake |
British actor |
| 1967 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Gene Hoglan |
American musician |
| 1967 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Anita Moen |
Norwegian Cross-country skier |
| 1968 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Valdon Dowiyogo |
Nauruan politician and Australian football player |
| 1968 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Hideo Nomo |
Japanese baseball player |
| 1969 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Nathalie Bouvier |
French alpine skier |
| 1969 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Andrew Cunanan |
American spree killer (d. 1997) |
| 1969 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Jonathan LaPaglia |
Australian actor |
| 1969 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Javagal Srinath |
Indian cricketer |
| 1970 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Deborah Gibson |
American singer |
| 1970 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Nikola Gruevski |
Macedonian Prime Minister |
| 1970 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Arie van Lent |
Dutch-German footballer |
| 1970 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Amy Stein |
American photographer |
| 1970 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Zack Ward |
Canadian actor |
| 1971 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Padraig Harrington |
Irish golfer |
| 1972 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Chris Tucker |
American actor and comedian |
| 1973 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Scott Niedermayer |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1974 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Andriy Medvedev |
Ukrainian tennis player |
| 1975 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Craig Cumming |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1975 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
John Grahame |
American ice hockey player |
| 1975 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Daniel Harding |
British conductor |
| 1975 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Gabe Kapler |
American baseball player and manager |
| 1975 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Sara Ramirez |
American actress |
| 1975 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Takahiro Suwa |
Japanese professional wrestler |
| 1976 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Vincent Delerm |
French singer-songwriter‚ pianist and composer |
| 1976 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Roque Junior |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1976 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Radek Martinek |
Czech ice hockey player |
| 1977 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Jeff Hardy |
American wrestler |
| 1977 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Ian Harte |
Irish footballer |
| 1977 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Craig Nicholls |
Australian musician (The Vines) |
| 1978 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Philippe Christanval |
French footballer |
| 1978 |
August 31 |
Thursday |
Phina Oruche |
British actress |
| 1979 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Clay Hensley |
American baseball player |
| 1979 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Mickie James |
American professional wrestler |
| 1979 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Mark Johnston |
Canadian swimmer |
| 1979 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Simon Neil |
Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro) |
| 1979 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Yuvan Shankar Raja |
Indian film music composer |
| 1979 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Ramn Santiago |
Dominican baseball player |
| 1980 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Joe Budden |
American rapper |
| 1981 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Dwayne Peel |
Welsh rugby union footballer |
| 1981 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Steve Saviano |
American ice hockey player |
| 1982 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Ian Crocker |
American swimmer |
| 1982 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Chris Duhon |
American basketball player |
| 1982 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Lien Huyghebaert |
Belgian athlete |
| 1982 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Josh Kroeger |
American baseball player |
| 1982 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Alexei Mikhnov |
Ukrainian-born ice hockey player |
| 1982 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Jose Reina |
Spanish footballer |
| 1982 |
August 31 |
Tuesday |
Michele Rugolo |
Italian racing driver |
| 1983 |
August 31 |
Wednesday |
Larry Fitzgerald |
American football player |
| 1984 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Matti Breschel |
Danish road bicycle racer |
| 1984 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Ted Ligety |
American alpine skier |
| 1984 |
August 31 |
Friday |
Charl Schwartzel |
South African golfer |
| 1985 |
August 31 |
Saturday |
Andrew Foster |
Australian rules footballer |
| 1986 |
August 31 |
Sunday |
Feng Tianwei |
Singaporean table tennis player |
| 1987 |
August 31 |
Monday |
Petros Kravaritis |
Greek footballer |
