Births on 31 August
2000s
Jang Won-young
2004
South Korean singer (born 2004)
Amanda Anisimova
2001
American tennis player (born 2001)
Sauce Gardner
2000
American football player (born 2000)
1900s
Jaylen Barron
1998
American actress (born 1997)
BossMan Dlow
1998
American rapper (born 1998)
Jalen Brunson
1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Brittany Mahomes
1995
American sports team owner (born 1995)
Alex Harris (Scottish footballer)
1994
Scottish footballer (born 1994)
Can Aktav
1994
Turkish footballer (born 1994)
Pablo Marí
1993
Spanish footballer (born 1993)
Ilnur Alshin
1993
Russian professional football player
Anna Karnaukh
1993
Russian water polo player
Holly Earl
1992
English actress (born 1992)
Tyler Randell (rugby league)
1992
Australian rugby league footballer
Ragna Sigurðardóttir (politician)
1992
Icelandic politician (born 1992)
Nicolás Tagliafico
1992
Argentine footballer (born 1992)
António Félix da Costa
1991
Portuguese racing driver (born 1991)
Cédric Soares
1991
Portuguese footballer (born 1991)
Tadeja Majerič
1990
Slovenian tennis player
Dezmon Briscoe
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Matt Adams
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Trent Hodkinson
1988
Australian rugby league footballer
David Ospina
1988
Colombian footballer (born 1988)
Athena (wrestler)
1988
American professional wrestler (born 1988)
Xavi Annunziata
1987
Spanish footballer (born 1987)
Petros Kravaritis
1987
Greek footballer
Ondřej Pavelec
1987
Czech ice hockey player (born 1987)
Ryan Kelley
1986
American actor (born 1986)
Johnny Wactor
1986
American actor (1986–2024)
Blake Wheeler
1986
American ice hockey player (born 1986)
Rolando (footballer)
1985
Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
Andrew Foster (footballer)
1985
Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
Mabel Matiz
1985
Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1985)
Mohammed bin Salman
1985
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia since 2017
Matti Breschel
1984
Danish road bicycle racer
Ryan Kesler
1984
American ice hockey player (born 1984)
Ted Ligety
1984
American alpine skier (born 1984)
Charl Schwartzel
1984
South African professional golfer (born 1984)
Deniz Aydoğdu
1983
Turkish footballer
Milan Biševac
1983
Serbian footballer (born 1983)
Larry Fitzgerald
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Ian Crocker
1982
American swimmer (born 1982)
Chris Duhon
1982
American basketball player (born 1982)
Lien Huyghebaert
1982
Belgian sprinter
Christopher Katongo
1982
Zambian footballer (born 1982)
Josh Kroeger
1982
American baseball player (born 1982)
Alexei Mikhnov
1982
Russian ice hockey player (born 1982)
Pepe Reina
1982
Spanish footballer (born 1982)
Michele Rugolo
1982
Italian racing driver (born 1982)
G. Willow Wilson
1982
American writer (b. 1982)
Ahmad Al Harthy
1981
Omani racing driver (born 1981)
Dwayne Peel
1981
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player
Steve Saviano
1981
American ice hockey player
Joe Budden
1980
American rapper (born 1980)
Clay Hensley
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Mark Johnston (swimmer)
1979
Canadian swimmer (born 1979)
Yara Martinez
1979
American actress
Simon Neil
1979
Scottish musician (born 1979)
Yuvan Shankar Raja
1979
Indian composer and playback singer (born 1979)
Ramón Santiago
1979
Dominican baseball player & coach (born 1979)
Mickie James
1979
American professional wrestler and country singer (born 1979)
Philippe Christanval
1978
French footballer (born 1978)
Ido Pariente
1978
Israeli mixed martial arts fighter
Jennifer Ramírez Rivero
1978
Venezuelan model (1978–2018)
Craig Stapleton (rugby league)
1978
Australian rugby league footballer
Sandis Valters
1978
Latvian basketball player (born 1978)
Morten Qvenild
1978
Norwegian jazz pianist and band leader
Jeff Hardy
1977
American professional wrestler (born 1977)
Ian Harte
1977
Irish footballer & agent (born 1977)
Craig Nicholls
1977
Australian musician
Arzu Yanardağ
1977
Turkish actress and model
Vincent Delerm
1976
French musician
Shar Jackson
1976
American actress (born 1976)
Roque Júnior
1976
Brazilian footballer
Radek Martínek
1976
Ice hockey player
Craig Cumming
1975
New Zealand cricketer
John Grahame
1975
American ice hockey player (born 1975)
Sara Ramirez
1975
American actor (born 1975)
Andrei Medvedev (tennis)
1974
Ukrainian tennis player
Scott Niedermayer
1973
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)
Kirstie Allsopp
1971
British television presenter (born 1971)
Pádraig Harrington
1971
Irish professional golfer (born 1971)
Vadim Repin
1971
Russian and Belgian violinist (born 1971)
Chris Tucker
1971
American actor and comedian (born 1971)
Debbie Gibson
1970
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1970)
Nikola Gruevski
1970
Prime minister of Macedonia from 2006 to 2016
Greg Mulholland
1970
British Liberal Democrat politician (born 1970)
Queen Rania of Jordan
1970
Queen of Jordan since 1999
Arie van Lent
1970
Dutch footballer and manager
Zack Ward
1970
Canadian actor (1970)
Nathalie Bouvier
1969
French alpine skier
Jonathan LaPaglia
1969
Australian actor (born 1969)
Jeff Russo
1969
American songwriter and composer
Javagal Srinath
1969
Indian cricketer (born 1969)
Valdon Dowiyogo
1968
Nauruan politician
Hideo Nomo
1968
Japanese baseball player (born 1968)
Jolene Watanabe
1968
American tennis player (1968–2019)
Gene Hoglan
1967
American drummer (born 1967)
Anita Moen
1967
Norwegian cross-country skier
Lyuboslav Penev
1966
Bulgarian footballer and manager (born 1966)
Zsolt Borkai
1965
Hungarian gymnast (born 1965)
Susan Gritton
1965
English operatic soprano
Raymond P. Hammond
1964
American poet
Reb Beach
1963
American guitarist (born 1963)
Rituparno Ghosh
1963
Indian film director, actor, writer, and lyricist
Sonny Silooy
1963
Dutch footballer and coach (born 1963)
Dee Bradley Baker
1962
American voice actor (born 1962)
Kieran Crowley
1961
NZ rugby union coach
Magnus Ilmjärv
1961
Estonian historian
Vali Ionescu
1960
Romanian long jumper (born 1960)
Chris Whitley
1960
American blues/rock singer
Hassan Nasrallah
1960
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Ralph Krueger
1959
German ice hockey player and coach
Jessica Upshaw
1959
American politician
Serge Blanco
1958
French rugby union player (born 1958)
Stephen Cottrell
1958
Archbishop of York since 2020
Colm O'Rourke
1957
Meath Gaelic footballer, school principal, broadcaster, manager
Gina Schock
1957
American rock drummer (born 1957)
Glenn Tilbrook
1957
English musician (born 1957)
Mária Balážová
1956
Slovak artist
Kent Nilsson
1956
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1956)
Masashi Tashiro
1956
Japanese former television performer and singer
Tsai Ing-wen
1956
President of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2024
Aleksander Krupa
1955
Polish actor (born 1947)
Julie Maxton
1955
British lawyer and academic
Edwin Moses
1955
American track and field athlete
Anthony Thistlethwaite
1955
British multi-instrumentalist (born 1955)
Gary Webb
1955
American investigative journalist (1955–2004)
Julie Brown
1954
American actress and television personality (born 1958)
Marcia Clark
1953
American prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and producer
Miguel Ángel Guerra
1953
Argentine racing driver (born 1953)
György Károly
1953
Hungarian poet and writer
Pavel Vinogradov
1953
Russian cosmonaut (born 1953)
Elisabeth Kværne
1953
Norwegian musician (1953–2024)
Kim Kashkashian
1952
Musical artist (born 1952)
Herbert Reul
1952
German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (born 1952)
Grant Batty
1951
New Zealand rugby union footballer (1951–2026)
Eduardo Nonato Joson
1950
Filipino lawyer and politician (1950–2025)
Richard Gere
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Stephen McKinley Henderson
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Hugh David Politzer
1949
American theoretical physicist
Rick Roberts (musician)
1949
American musician (born 1949)
Harald Ertl
1948
Austrian racing driver and journalist (1948–1982)
Lowell Ganz
1948
American screenwriter
Ken McMullen (film director)
1948
British film director (born 1948)
Holger Osieck
1948
German football manager
Rudolf Schenker
1948
German guitarist (born 1948)
Luca di Montezemolo
1947
Italian businessman (born 1947)
Yumiko Ōshima
1947
Japanese manga artist
Somchai Wongsawat
1947
Prime Minister of Thailand in 2008
Ann Coffey
1946
British politician (born 1946)
Jerome Corsi
1946
American conservative author (born 1946)
Tom Coughlin
1946
American football coach and executive (born 1946)
Van Morrison
1945
Northern Irish musician (born 1945)
Itzhak Perlman
1945
Israeli-American violinist (born 1945)
Bob Welch (musician)
1945
American musician (1945–2012)
Roger Dean (artist)
1944
English artist, designer and publisher (born 1944)
Liz Forgan
1944
English journalist and media executive (born 1944)
Christine King
1944
British historian and university administrator
Clive Lloyd
1944
West Indies cricketer
Leonid Ivashov
1943
Russian military and public official (born 1943)
Isao Aoki
1942
Japanese professional golfer
William DeWitt Jr.
1941
American businessman
Emmanuel Nunes
1941
Portuguese composer
Robbie Basho
1940
American musician (1940-1986)
Wilton Felder
1940
American saxophone and bass player (1940–2015)
Larry Hankin
1940
American actor (born 1937)
Roger Newman
1940
British-born American soap opera actor and writer (1940–2010)
Jack Thompson (actor)
1940
Australian actor (born 1940)
Jerry Allison
1939
American rock musician (1939–2022)
Martin Bell
1938
British reporter and politician (born 1938)
Warren Berlinger
1937
American actor (1937–2020)
Bobby Parker (guitarist)
1937
American musician and songwriter (1937–2013)
Vladimir Orlov (author)
1936
Russian novelist (1936–2014)
Eldridge Cleaver
1935
American activist (1935–1998)
Bryan Organ
1935
English portrait painter (born 1935)
Frank Robinson
1935
American baseball player and manager (1935–2019)
Allan Fotheringham
1932
Canadian journalist (1932–2020)
Roy Castle
1932
English musician, actor and TV presenter (1932–1994)
Jean Béliveau
1931
Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2014)
Rolf Just Nilsen
1931
Norwegian singer and actor
Noble Willingham
1931
American actor (1931–2004)
Big Tiny Little
1930
American jazz musician
James Coburn
1928
American actor (1928–2002)
Jaime Sin
1928
Filipino Catholic prelate (1928–2005)
Ted Blakey
1925
American historian and businessman (1925–2004
Moran Campbell
1925
Inventor of Venturi Mask
Maurice Pialat
1925
French filmmaker (1925–2003)
John Davidson (Illinois politician)
1924
American politician
Buddy Hackett
1924
American actor (1924–2003)
Herbert Wise
1924
Austrian-born film and TV producer and director (1924–2015)
Otis G. Pike
1921
Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (1921–2014)
Raymond Williams
1921
Welsh scholar, critic and Marxist (1921–1988)
Amrita Pritam
1919
Indian writer (1919–2005)
Alan Jay Lerner
1918
American lyricist and librettist (1918–1986)
Danny Litwhiler
1916
American baseball player (1916–2011)
Daniel Schorr
1916
American journalist
John S. Wold
1916
American politician
Pete Newell
1915
American college men's basketball coach
Richard Basehart
1914
American actor (1914–1984)
Helen Levitt
1913
American photographer (1913–2009)
Bernard Lovell
1913
English physicist and radio astronomer (1913–2012)
Edward Brongersma
1911
Dutch politician
Arsenio Rodríguez
1911
Cuban musician, composer and bandleader (1911–1970)
Ferenc Fejtő
1909
Journalist and political scientist
William Saroyan
1908
American writer (1908–1981)
Valter Biiber
1907
Estonian footballer
Augustus Hawkins
1907
American politician (1907–2007)
Ramon Magsaysay
1907
President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957
William Shawn
1907
American editor of The New Yorker (1907–1992)
Altiero Spinelli
1907
Italian politician (1907–1986)
Robert Bacher
1905
American nuclear physicist (1905–2004)
Sanford Meisner
1905
American actor and acting teacher (1905–1997)
Arthur Godfrey
1903
American radio personality and television entertainer (1903–1983)
Vladimir Jankélévitch
1903
French philosopher (1903–1985)
Géza Révész
1902
Hungarian military officer and politician
Gino Lucetti
1900
Italian anarchist and anti-fascist (1900–1943)
1800s
Fredric March
1897
American actor (1897–1975)
Brian Edmund Baker
1896
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1896–1979)
Félix-Antoine Savard
1896
Canadian priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist
Albert Facey
1894
Australian writer and World War I veteran (1894–1982)
Lily Laskine
1893
August Alle
1890
Estonian writer and poet
Nätti-Jussi
1890
Finnish forest laborer
DuBose Heyward
1885
American dramatist (1885–1940)
George Sarton
1884
Belgian-American historian of science (1884–1956)
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
1880
Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948
Alma Mahler
1879
Austrian composer (1879–1964)
Emperor Taishō
1879
Emperor of Japan from 1912 to 1926
Frank Jarvis (athlete)
1878
American athlete
Rosa Lemberg
1875
Namibian-born American-Finnish socialist
James E. Ferguson
1871
American banker and politician (1871–1944)
Maria Montessori
1870
Italian physician and educator (1870–1952)
Georg von Hertling
1843
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
1842
African-American publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor
Amilcare Ponchielli
1834
Italian opera composer (1834–1886)
Galusha A. Grow
1823
American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman (1823–1907)
Hermann von Helmholtz
1821
German physicist and physiologist (1821–1894)
Théophile Gautier
1811
French poet, dramatist and novelist (1811–1872)
Husein Gradaščević
1802
Bosnian Muslim general
Before 1800
Ramón Castilla
1797
President of Peru variously in the 1800s
Stephen Geary
1797
British architect (1797–1854)
Agnes Bulmer
1775
English poet (1775–1836)
Henry Joy McCracken
1767
Irish republican (1767–1798)
Jean-Étienne Despréaux
1748
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini
1741
French composer of German birth (1741–1816)
George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
1721
English diplomat and politician
Guillaume Amontons
1663
French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (1663-1705)
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga
1652
Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Jahangir
1569
Mughal emperor from 1605 to 1627
Isabella de' Medici
1542
Italian noblewoman (1542–1576)
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin
1168
Emperor of Jin from 1189 to 1208
Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo
1018
King of Goryeo from 1034 to 1046
Commodus
161
Roman emperor from 177 to 192
AD 12
12
Calendar year