History Births on August 31

Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (d. 1982)

#Harald_Ertl

Milan Biševac, Serbian footballer

#Milan_Biševac

Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 2019)

#Frank_Robinson

Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1970)

#Arsenio_Rodríguez

Lyuboslav Penev, Bulgarian footballer and manager

#Lyuboslav_Penev

Ferenc Fejt?, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)

#Ferenc_Fejt?

Commodus, Roman emperor (d. 192)

#Commodus

Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Scott_Niedermayer

Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (d. 1952)

#Maria_Montessori

Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor

#Dee_Bradley_Baker

Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach

#Tom_Coughlin

Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer

#Pavel_Vinogradov

Greg Mulholland, English politician

#Greg_Mulholland

Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (d. 2005)

#Jaime_Sin

Gene Hoglan, American drummer

#Gene_Hoglan

Chris Duhon, American basketball player

#Chris_Duhon

Mickie James, American wrestler

#Mickie_James

Zack Ward, Canadian actor and producer

#Zack_Ward

Edwin Moses, American hurdler

#Edwin_Moses

Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

#Rituparno_Ghosh

Jahangir, Mughal emperor (d. 1627)

#Jahangir

Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author (d. 1998)

#Eldridge_Cleaver

Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter

#Rudolf_Schenker

Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (d. 1820)

#Jean-Étienne_Despréaux

Alex Harris, Scottish footballer

#Alex_Harris_(footballer)

Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player

#Tyler_Randell

Stephen Cottrell, English bishop

#Stephen_Cottrell

Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)

#Chris_Whitley

Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1907)

#Galusha_A._Grow

Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer

#Pepe_Reina

Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (d. 2008)

#Pete_Newell

György Károly, Hungarian poet and author

#György_Károly

Jerome Corsi, American theorist and author

#Jerome_Corsi

Zsolt Borkai, Hungarian gymnast and politician

#Zsolt_Borkai

John S. Wold, American geologist and politician (d. 2017)

#John_S._Wold

Hideo Nomo, Japanese-American baseball player

#Hideo_Nomo

Arzu Yanarda?, Turkish actress and model

#Arzu_Yanarda?

Martin Bell, English journalist and politician

#Martin_Bell

Jeff Hardy, American wrestler and singer

#Jeff_Hardy

Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic

#Sirje_Tamul

Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)

#Jean_Béliveau

George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science (d. 1956)

#George_Sarton

Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (d. 2010)

#Daniel_Schorr

António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver

#António_Félix_da_Costa

Morten Qvenild, Norwegian pianist and composer

#Morten_Qvenild

Chris Tucker, American comedian and actor

#Chris_Tucker

Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1962)

#Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands

Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer

#Pádraig_Harrington

Jack Thompson, Australian actor

#Jack_Thompson_(actor)

Allan Fotheringham, Canadian journalist

#Allan_Fotheringham

Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer

#Clive_Lloyd

Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster

#Craig_Cumming

Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (d. 2012)

#Bob_Welch_(musician)

Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Glenn_Tilbrook

G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and author

#G._Willow_Wilson

James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)

#James_Coburn

Lily Laskine, French harp player (d. 1988)

#Lily_Laskine

Michele Rugolo, Italian race car driver

#Michele_Rugolo

Richard Gere, American actor and producer

#Richard_Gere

Kirstie Allsopp, British TV presenter

#Kirstie_Allsopp

Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2011)

#Danny_Litwhiler

Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player

#Ryan_Kesler

Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player

#Steve_Saviano

Reb Beach, American guitarist

#Reb_Beach

Tadeja Majeri?, Slovenian tennis player

#Tadeja_Majeri?

Leonid Ivashov, Russian general

#Leonid_Ivashov

Clay Hensley, American baseball player

#Clay_Hensley

Trent Hodkinson, Australian rugby league player

#Trent_Hodkinson

Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player

#Sandis_Valters

Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah

#Hassan_Nasrallah

Ted Ligety, American skier

#Ted_Ligety

Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1919)

#Georg_von_Hertling

Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman

#Serge_Blanco

Joe Budden, American rapper

#Joe_Budden

Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter

#Julie_Brown

DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (d. 1940)

#DuBose_Heyward

Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee

#Javagal_Srinath

Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

#Alexei_Mikhnov

Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal (d. 1979)

#Brian_Edmund_Baker

Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand

#Somchai_Wongsawat

Ann Coffey, Scottish social worker and politician

#Ann_Coffey

Taish?, emperor of Japan (d. 1926)

#Emperor_Taish?

Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957)

#Ramon_Magsaysay

Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

#Nikola_Gruevski

Dezmon Briscoe, American football player

#Dezmon_Briscoe

Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter and pianist

#Vincent_Delerm

Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer

#Charl_Schwartzel

Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator (d. 1886)

#Amilcare_Ponchielli

Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Ralph_Krueger

Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (d. 1983)

#Arthur_Godfrey

Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator

#Kim_Kashkashian

James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944)

#James_E._Ferguson

Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (d. 2015)

#Wilton_Felder

Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer

#Mark_Johnston_(swimmer)

Ond?ej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player

#Ond?ej_Pavelec

Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)

#Bernard_Lovell

Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper

#Vali_Ionescu

Mabel Matiz, Turkish singer

#Mabel_Matiz

Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player

#Ramón_Santiago

Husein Gradaš?evi?, Ottoman general (d. 1834)

#Husein_Gradaš?evi?

Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Debbie_Gibson

Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist

#Vadim_Repin

Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Italian nobleman (d. 1708)

#Ferdinando_Carlo_Gonzaga,_Duke_of_Mantua_and_Montferrat

Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian singer-songwriter and producer

#Yuvan_Shankar_Raja

Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor and physician

#Jonathan_LaPaglia

Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player

#Radek_Martínek

Craig Stapleton, Australian rugby league player

#Craig_Stapleton_(rugby_league)

Gina Schock, American drummer

#Gina_Schock

Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (d. 2004)

#Robert_Bacher

Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (d. 1988)

#Raymond_Williams

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman

#Luca_Cordero_di_Montezemolo

Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984)

#Richard_Basehart

Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Simon_Neil

George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1775)

#George_Hervey,_2nd_Earl_of_Bristol

Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (d. 1982)

#Félix-Antoine_Savard

Rick Roberts, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Rick_Roberts_(musician)

Ahmad Al Harthy, Omani race car driver

#Ahmad_Al_Harthy

Rolando, Portuguese footballer

#Rolando_(footballer)

Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator (d. 1816)

#Jean-Paul-Égide_Martini

Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)

#Amrita_Pritam

David Ospina, Colombian footballer

#David_Ospina

Pablo Marí, Spanish football player

#Pablo_Marí

Queen Rania of Jordan

#Queen_Rania_of_Jordan

Ian Harte, Irish footballer

#Ian_Harte

August Alle, Estonian poet and author (d. 1952)

#August_Alle

Warren Berlinger, American actor

#Warren_Berlinger

Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943)

#Gino_Lucetti

Josh Kroeger, American baseball player

#Josh_Kroeger

Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Craig_Nicholls

Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer

#Cédric_Soares

Herbert Reul, German politician

#Herbert_Reul

Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager

#Sonny_Silooy

Larry Fitzgerald, American football player

#Larry_Fitzgerald

Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)

#Guillaume_Amontons

Ember Moon, Professional Wrestler

#Ember_Moon

Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Bobby_Parker_(guitarist)

John Grahame, American ice hockey player and coach

#John_Grahame

Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and critic

#Raymond_P._Hammond

Ian Crocker, American swimmer

#Ian_Crocker

Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter

#Lien_Huyghebaert

Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (d. 2003)

#Buddy_Hackett

Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager

#Holger_Osieck

Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher

#Roger_Dean_(artist)

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China

#Tsai_Ing-wen

Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (d. 1986)

#Altiero_Spinelli

Caligula, Roman emperor (d. 41)

#Caligula

Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter

#Van_Morrison

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor

#Itzhak_Perlman

Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player

#Dwayne_Peel

Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (d. 1894)

#Hermann_von_Helmholtz

William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 1981)

#William_Saroyan

Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (d. 1798)

#Henry_Joy_McCracken

Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter

#Jerry_Allison

Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author (d. 1964)

#Alma_Mahler

Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (d. 2014)

#Otis_G._Pike

Fredric March, American lieutenant, actor, and singer (d. 1975)

#Fredric_March

Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player

#Ilnur_Alshin

Matti Breschel, Danish cyclist

#Matti_Breschel

Isabella de' Medici, Italian princess (d. 1576)

#Isabella_de'_Medici

Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player

#Kieran_Crowley

Can Aktav, Turkish football player

Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player

Holly Earl, British actress

Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer

Xavi Annunziata, Spanish footballer

Andrew Foster, Australian footballer

Deniz Aydo?du, German-Turkish footballer

Christopher Katongo, Zambian footballer

Ido Pariente, Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer

Philippe Christanval, French footballer

Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer and manager

Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player

Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer and manager

Nathalie Bouvier, French skier

Jolene Watanabe, American tennis player

Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician

Anita Moen, Norwegian skier

Susan Gritton, English soprano and actress

Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author

Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster

Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director

Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator

Gary Webb, American journalist and author (d. 2004)

Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player

Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic

Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor

Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver

Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player

Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer

Yumiko ?shima, Japanese author and illustrator

Christine King, English historian and academic

Liz Forgan, English journalist

Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer

Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (d. 2012)

William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman

Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)

Larry Hankin, American actor, director, and producer

Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (d. 1986)

Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (d. 2014)

Bryan Organ, English painter

Roy Castle, English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (d. 1994)

Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)

Big Tiny Little, American pianist (d. 2010)

Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)

Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (d. 2004)

Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (d. 2015)

John Davidson, American physician and politician (d. 2012)

Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (d. 1986)

Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer (d. 2009)

Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (d. 1998)

William Shawn, American journalist (d. 1992)

Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)

Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (d. 1977)

Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator (d. 1997)

Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher (d. 1985)

Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (d. 1977)

Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (d. 1982)

Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer (d. 1933)

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (d. 1924)

Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author (d. 1836)

Zhang Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1208)

Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (d. 1046)