History Births on March 31

Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator (d. 1883)
#Edward_FitzGerald_(poet)

Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (d. 1886)
#Mary_Boykin_Chesnut

Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (d. 1997)
#Shoichi_Yokoi

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer (d. 1800)
#Johann_Abraham_Peter_Schulz

Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (d. 1887)
#Anandi_Gopal_Joshi

Jalmar Sjöberg, Swedish wrestler
#Jalmar_Sjöberg
Nathan Grey, Australian rugby player and coach
#Nathan_Grey_(rugby_union)

Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766)
#Frederick_V_of_Denmark

Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
#Gabe_Kaplan

Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
#Nordin_Amrabat
Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora (d. 1920)
#Benjamín_G._Hill

Martin Atkinson, English footballer and referee
#Martin_Atkinson

Mads Würtz Schmidt, Danish road cyclist
#Mads_Würtz_Schmidt

Charlie Manning, American baseball player
#Charlie_Manning

Ivan Mishyn, Ukrainian race car driver
#Ivan_Mishyn

Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (d. 2012)
#Lucille_Bliss

Angus King, American politician
#Angus_King

Nichita St?nescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
#Nichita_St?nescu

George Treweek, Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)
#George_Treweek

Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758)
#Pope_Benedict_XIV

Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1783)
#Étienne_Bézout

Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
#Craig_McCracken

Michael Savage, far-right American radio host and author
#Michael_Savage

Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter (d. 1924)
#Emil_Fenyvessy

Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer
#Howard_Gordon

Ryan Bingham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Ryan_Bingham

Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (d. 1899)
#Alfred_E._Hunt

William McNamara, American actor and producer
#William_McNamara

Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (d. 1852)
#Nikolai_Gogol

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1565)
#Ashikaga_Yoshiteru

Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala
#Sheila_Dikshit
Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter
#Angus_Young

Jo-Lonn Dunbar, American football player
#Jo-Lonn_Dunbar

Rhys Wesser, Australian rugby league player
#Rhys_Wesser

Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician
#Barney_Frank

Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer (d. 1934)
#Henri_Marteau

Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
#Gordie_Howe

Guru Angad, Indian religious leader (d. 1552)
#Guru_Angad
Pa Dembo Touray, Gambian footballer
#Pa_Dembo_Touray

Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician
#Patrick_Leahy

Steve Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
#Steve_Bernier

Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer
#Jani_Sievinen

Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
#Mikael_Ishak

Patrick Magee, Irish actor (d. 1982)
#Patrick_Magee_(actor)

Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
#Etta_Baker

Martins Dukurs, Latvian sled racer
#Martins_Dukurs
Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
#Jakob_Chychrun

Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
#Alan_Duncan

Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (d. 1901)
#Chlodwig,_Prince_of_Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

Nelli Zhiganshina, Russian figure skater
#Nelli_Zhiganshina
Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
#Richard_Kiley

Richard Chamberlain, American actor
#Richard_Chamberlain

Jarrod Cooper, American football player
#Jarrod_Cooper

Roy Andersson, Swedish director and screenwriter
#Roy_Andersson

Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer
#Edwin_Catmull
David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player
#David_Clarkson_(ice_hockey)

Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
#Al_Gore

Borisav Stankovi?, Serbian author (d. 1927)
#Borisav_Stankovi?

Mariana Victoria of Spain (d. 1781)
#Mariana_Victoria_of_Spain

Conrad Sewell, Australian singer and songwriter
#Conrad_Sewell

Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach
#Stephen_Clemence

Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1954)
#Clemens_Krauss

András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author
#András_Adorján

Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
#Gilles_Gilbert

Ashleigh Ball, Canadian voice actress and musician
#Ashleigh_Ball

Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
#Hugo_Ayala

Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (d. 2014)
#Dennis_Kamakahi

Shirley Jones, American actress and singer
#Shirley_Jones

Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
#Carlo_Rubbia

Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer
#Kristian_Blak

David Steel, Scottish academic and politician
#David_Steel

Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (d. 1898)
#Félix_María_Zuloaga

Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (d. 1993)
#Cesar_Chavez

Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
#Jérôme_Rothen

Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Spanish cardinal
#Eduardo_Martínez_Somalo

Dagmar Lange, Swedish author (d. 1991)
#Dagmar_Lange

Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician (d. 1678)
#Andrew_Marvell

Tyler Wright, Australian surfer
#Tyler_Wright_(surfer)

Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
#Ewan_McGregor

Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (d. 2001)
#Beni_Montresor
Dorin Dickerson, American football player
#Dorin_Dickerson

Audrey Kawasaki, American painter
#Audrey_Kawasaki

Howard Frier, American basketball player
#Howard_Frier

DeAndre Liggins, American basketball player
#DeAndre_Liggins

Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1750)
#Johann_Sebastian_Bach

Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician
#Mark_Hoban

Francis Bell, Jewish New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1936)
#Francis_Bell_(New_Zealand_politician)

Ben Adams, American jumper (d. 1961)
#Ben_Adams_(track_and_field)

Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician
#Olli_Rehn

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer
#Karl-Heinz_Schnellinger

Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (d. 2013)
#Faith_Leech

Bob Russell, English politician
#Bob_Russell_(British_politician)

Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
#Maarten_van_der_Weijden

Henry II of France (d. 1559)
#Henry_II_of_France

Mary Abigail Dodge, American writer and essayist (d. 1896)
#Mary_Abigail_Dodge

Alenka Bratušek, Slovenian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia
#Alenka_Bratušek

Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer
#Martin_Albrechtsen

Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer
#Tal_Ben_Haim

Rodney Sneijder, Dutch footballer
#Rodney_Sneijder

Andreas Dober, Austrian footballer
#Andreas_Dober

Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (d. 1998)
#Leo_Buscaglia

Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (d. 1997)
#Tamara_Tyshkevich

Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (d. 1849)
#Panoutsos_Notaras

Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter
#Natali_(singer)

Antje Gleichfeld, German runner
#Antje_Gleichfeld

Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Mick_Ralphs

René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1650)
#René_Descartes

Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
#Lowell_Fulson

Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
#Michael_Ryder
Adam Green, American director, producer, and screenwriter
#Adam_Green_(filmmaker)

Bang Yong-guk, South Korean rapper
#Bang_Yong-guk
Bam Childress, American football player
#Bam_Childress

Walter E. Williams, American economist and academic
#Walter_E._Williams

Charles II, Elector Palatine, German husband of Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (d. 1685)
#Charles_II,_Elector_Palatine

Evan Williams, American businessman, co-founded Twitter and Pyra Labs
#Evan_Williams_(Internet_entrepreneur)

Pope Pius IV (d. 1565)
#Pope_Pius_IV

Svetozar Marovi?, President of Serbia and Montenegro
#Svetozar_Marovi?

Nyamko Sabuni, Burundian-Swedish politician
#Nyamko_Sabuni

Steven T. Seagle, American author and screenwriter
#Steven_T._Seagle

Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006)
#Jean-Christophe_Lafaille

Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bass player
#Stefan_Olsdal

Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1852)
#Thomas_McKean_Thompson_McKennan

Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
#Jack_Johnson_(boxer)

Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (d. 2006)
#Rocco_Petrone

Milan Milanovi?, Serbian footballer
#Milan_Milanovi?

Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish director and screenwriter
#Alejandro_Amenábar

Kamala Surayya, Indian poet and author (d. 2009)
#Kamala_Surayya

Rhea Perlman, American actress
#Rhea_Perlman

Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director (d. 1976)
#Victor_Varconi

César Sampaio, Brazilian footballer
#César_Sampaio

Hashim Amla, South African cricketer
#Hashim_Amla

Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator
#Markus_Hediger

John La Farge, American artist (d. 1910)
#John_La_Farge

Roger Black, English runner and journalist
#Roger_Black

Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer and blogger
#Karolina_Lassbo

Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba
#Gary_Doer

Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
#Herb_Alpert
William Daniels, American actor
#William_Daniels

Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)
#Red_Norvo

Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
#Octavio_Paz

Philippa of Lancaster (d. 1415)
#Philippa_of_Lancaster

Garth Tander, Australian race car driver
#Garth_Tander

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974)
#Prince_Henry,_Duke_of_Gloucester

Samantha Brown, American television host
#Samantha_Brown

Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
#Vlasios_Maras

Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
#Kate_Micucci

Sophie Hunger, Swiss-German musician
#Sophie_Hunger

Benjamin Eicher, German director, producer, and screenwriter
#Benjamin_Eicher

Jim Mutscheller, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
#Jim_Mutscheller

Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
#Pavel_Bure

Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (d. 1993)
#Zviad_Gamsakhurdia

César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia
#César_Gaviria

Alberto Junior Rodríguez, Peruvian footballer
#Alberto_Junior_Rodríguez

Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer
#Volker_Schlöndorff

Matias Concha, Swedish footballer
#Matias_Concha

Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach
#Tom_Barrasso

Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1878)
#Yegor_Ivanovich_Zolotarev

Tommy Bolt, American golfer (d. 2008)
#Tommy_Bolt

Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (d. 1929)
#Sergei_Diaghilev

Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
#Lefty_Frizzell
George Iloka, American football player
#George_Iloka

Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
#Amaury_Bischoff

Omri Afek, Israeli footballer
#Omri_Afek

Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer (d. 1864)
#Otto_Lindblad

Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1809)
#Joseph_Haydn

Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (d. 1922)
#Arthur_Griffith

James Jones, American football player
#James_Jones_(wide_receiver)

Christopher Walken, American actor
#Christopher_Walken

Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (d. 1858)
#Coenraad_Jacob_Temminck