Births on 31 May
2000s
Breece Hall
2001
American football player (born 2001)
Iga Świątek
2001
Polish tennis player (born 2001)
Gable Steveson
2000
American wrestler (born 2000)
1900s
Santino Ferrucci
1998
American racing driver
Woo Jin-young
1997
South Korean singer and rapper (born 1997)
Jeong Se-woon
1997
South Korean singer (born 1997)
Normani
1996
American singer (born 1996)
Brandon Smith (rugby league)
1996
NZ & Maori international rugby league footballer
Shane Bieber
1995
American baseball player (born 1995)
Matthew Lodge
1995
Australian rugby league footballer
Michaël Bournival
1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Laura Ikauniece
1992
Latvian heptathlete
Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson
1992
Icelandic politician (born 1992)
Azealia Banks
1991
American rapper (born 1991)
Erik Karlsson
1990
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)
Marco Reus
1989
German footballer (born 1989)
Waka Flocka Flame
1986
American rapper (born 1986)
Robert Gesink
1986
Dutch road bicycle racer
Jordy Nelson
1985
American football player (born 1985)
Andrew Bailey (baseball)
1984
American baseball player and coach (born 1984)
Milorad Čavić
1984
Serbian swimmer (born 1984)
Nate Robinson
1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Brett Firman
1982
Australian rugby league footballer
Mikael Antonsson
1981
Swedish footballer
Daniele Bonera
1981
Italian footballer (born 1981)
Jake Peavy
1981
American baseball player (born 1981)
Marlies Schild
1981
Austrian alpine skier
Andy Hurley
1980
American drummer
Jean-François Gillet
1979
Belgian footballer (born 1979)
Domenico Fioravanti
1977
Italian swimmer (born 1977)
Moses Sichone
1977
Zambian footballer (born 1977)
Colin Farrell
1976
Irish actor (born 1976)
Matt Harpring
1976
American basketball player (born 1976)
Mac Suzuki
1975
Japanese baseball player (born 1975)
Hiroiki Ariyoshi
1974
Japanese comedian and singer
Frode Estil
1972
Norwegian cross-country skier
Christian McBride
1972
American jazz bassist, composer, and arranger
Antti Niemi (footballer)
1972
Finnish footballer and coach (born 1972)
Archie Panjabi
1972
British actress (born 1972)
Dave Roberts (baseball manager)
1972
American baseball player and manager (born 1972)
Arun Luthra
1971
Musical artist
Phil Keoghan
1967
New Zealand television personality (born 1967)
Kenny Lofton
1967
American baseball player (born 1967)
Diesel (musician)
1966
Australian singer and guitarist (born 1966)
Roshan Mahanama
1966
Sri Lankan cricketer and ICC match referee
Brooke Shields
1965
American actress (born 1965)
Leonard Asper
1964
Canadian businessman (born 1964)
Stéphane Caristan
1964
French hurdler (born 1964)
Yukio Edano
1964
Japanese politician
Darryl McDaniels
1964
American rapper (born 1964)
David Leigh (scientist)
1963
British chemist (born 1963)
Viktor Orbán
1963
Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; since 2010)
Wesley Willis
1963
American musician and artist (1963–2003)
Dina Boluarte
1962
President of Peru from 2022 to 2025
Corey Hart (singer)
1962
Canadian musician (born 1962)
Ray Cote
1961
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1961)
Justin Madden
1961
Australian rules footballer, born 1961
Lea Thompson
1961
American actress and director (born 1961)
Greg Adams (ice hockey, born 1960)
1960
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)
Chris Elliott
1960
American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1960)
Peter Winterbottom
1960
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Andrea de Cesaris
1959
Italian racing driver (1959–2014)
Phil Wilson, Baron Wilson of Sedgefield
1959
British politician (born 1959)
Jim Craig (ice hockey)
1957
American ice hockey goaltender
Fritz Hilpert
1956
Musical artist
John Young (British musician)
1956
British rock musician
Tommy Emmanuel
1955
Australian guitarist (born 1955)
Susie Essman
1955
American stand-up comedian and actress (born 1955)
Thomas Mavros
1954
Greek footballer (born 1954)
Vicki Sue Robinson
1954
American singer (1954–2000)
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
1953
Finland comedian
Carole Achache
1952
French writer, photographer and actress
Karl Bartos
1952
German musician and composer
Karl-Hans Riehm
1951
German hammer thrower
Jean Chalopin
1950
French producer and writer
Gregory Harrison
1950
American actor (born 1950)
Christine Kurzhals
1950
German politician (1950–1998)
Edgar Savisaar
1950
Estonian politician (1950–2022)
Tom Berenger
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Svetlana Alexievich
1948
Belarusian investigative journalist and essayist (Born: 1948)
John Bonham
1948
English drummer (1948–1980)
Martin Hannett
1948
Musical artist & record producer (1948–1991)
Duncan L. Hunter
1948
American politician (born 1948)
Junior Campbell
1947
Scottish composer and musician (born 1947)
Gabriele Hinzmann
1947
East German discus thrower
Ted Baehr
1946
American Christian film critic
Steve Bucknor
1946
Jamaican cricket umpire and coach
Krista Kilvet
1946
Estonian radio journalist, politician and diplomat
Debbie Moore
1946
English retired model and businesswoman (born 1946)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1945
German filmmaker (1945–1982)
Laurent Gbagbo
1945
President of C��te d'Ivoire from 2000 to 2011
Bernard Goldberg
1945
American journalist (born 1945)
Sharon Gless
1943
American actress (born 1943)
Joe Namath
1943
American football player (born 1943)
June Clark (nurse)
1941
British nurse and academic (1941–2025)
Louis Ignarro
1941
American pharmacologist
William Nordhaus
1941
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)
Anatoliy Bondarchuk
1940
Ukrainian hammer thrower (1940–2025)
Augie Meyers
1940
American musician (1940–2026)
Gilbert Shelton
1940
American cartoonist (born 1940)
Terry Waite
1939
English human rights activist (born 1939)
Johnny Paycheck
1938
American country singer (1938–2003)
John Prescott
1938
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Peter Yarrow
1938
American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)
Jim Bolger
1935
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997
Jim Hutton
1934
American actor (1934–1979)
Henry B. Eyring
1933
American religious leader (born 1933)
Ed Lincoln
1932
Brazilian musician, composer and arranger
Jay Miner
1932
American electrical engineer
John Robert Schrieffer
1931
American physicist (1931–2019)
Shirley Verrett
1931
American opera singer (1931–2010)
Clint Eastwood
1930
American actor and filmmaker (born 1930)
Elaine Stewart (actress)
1930
American actress and model (1930–2011)
Menahem Golan
1929
Israeli film director and producer (1929–2014)
Pankaj Roy
1928
Indian cricketer
James Eberle
1927
Royal Navy Admiral (1927–2018)
Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg
1927
Julian Beck
1925
American actor, stage director, poet, and painter (1925–1985)
Ellsworth Kelly
1923
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
1923
Prince of Monaco from 1949 to 2005
Claudio Matteini
1923
Italian footballer (1923-2003)
Denholm Elliott
1922
English actor (1922–1992)
Edna Doré
1921
British actress
Andrew Grima
1921
Anglo-Italian designer
Howard Reig
1921
American radio and television personality (1921–2008)
Alida Valli
1921
Italian actress (1921–2006)
Robie Macauley
1919
American novelist
Robert Osterloh
1918
American actor (1918–2001)
Lloyd Quarterman
1918
American biochemist
Bert Haanstra
1916
Dutch film director (1916–1997)
Akira Ifukube
1914
Japanese composer (1914–2006)
Chien-Shiung Wu
1912
Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997)
Maurice Allais
1911
French economist (1911–2010)
Art Coulter
1909
Canadian ice hockey player
Don Ameche
1908
American actor (1908–1993)
Alfredo Antonini
1901
Italian-American conductor (1901–1983)
Lucile Godbold
1900
American track and field athlete
1800s
Norman Vincent Peale
1898
American minister, author, and positive thinking proponent
Fred Allen
1894
American comedian (1894–1956)
Michel Kikoine
1892
Belarusian-French painter
Erich Neumann (politician)
1892
German Nazi Party civil servant and SS-Oberführer (1892–1951)
Konstantin Paustovsky
1892
Russian writer (1892–1968)
Gregor Strasser
1892
German politician (1892–1934)
Saint-John Perse
1887
French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)
Robert Richards (Australian politician)
1885
Australian politician (1885–1967)
Lauri Kristian Relander
1883
Finnish politician (1883–1942)
Sándor Festetics
1882
Hungarian nobleman and cabinet minister
Frances Alda
1879
New Zealand opera singer (1879–1952)
Rosa May Billinghurst
1875
British suffragette (1875–1953)
John Ringling
1866
American entrepreneur (1866–1936)
Francis Younghusband
1863
British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer (1863–1942)
Walter Sickert
1860
British artist (1860–1942)
Graham Wallas
1858
English intellectual (1858–1932)
Pope Pius XI
1857
Head of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
Francisco Moreno
1852
Argentine explorer
Julius Richard Petri
1852
German microbiologist (1852–1921)
William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie
1847
British shipbuilder and businessman (1847–1924)
John Cox Bray
1842
Australian politician (1842–1894)
Henry Sidgwick
1838
British philosopher and economist (1838–1900)
Hijikata Toshizō
1835
Japanese warrior (1835–1869)
Kusumoto Ine
1827
Japanese physician (1827-1903)
Walt Whitman
1819
American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
John Albion Andrew
1818
American lawyer and politician (1861–66)
Adye Douglas
1815
Australian politician (1815–1906)
Robert Richard Torrens
1812
Irish-born parliamentarian (1812–1884)
Johann Georg Baiter
1801
Swiss philologist (1801–1877)
Before 1800
Ludwig Tieck
1773
German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853)
Andrea Appiani
1754
Italian painter (1754–1817)
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud
1753
18th-century French politician
Hieronymus von Colloredo
1732
German Catholic archbishop (1732–1812)
Ahilyabai Holkar
1725
Maharani of Indore from 1767 to 1795
Dositheus II of Jerusalem
1641
Greek Orthodox theologian (1641–1707)
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
1640
Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1669 to 1673
John George II, Elector of Saxony
1613
Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680
Nur Jahan
1577
Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire
Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556–1600)
1556
Polish-Lithuanian magnate
Alessandro Allori
1535
Italian painter
Manuel I of Portugal
1469
King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521
Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
1462