Famous Births on 31 Mar

Famous Births on 31 Mar

1360 - Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)
1425 - Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)
1499 - Pope Pius IV (d. 1565)
1504 - Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)
1519 - King Henry II of France (d. 1559)
1536 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)
1576 - Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (died 1644)
1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician (d. 1650)
1621 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678)
1651 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)
1675 - Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758)
1718 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (d. 1781)
1723 - King Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766)
1730 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783)
1732 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)
1777 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (d. 1859)
1778 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (d. 1858)
1794 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (d. 1852)
1809 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (d. 1883)
1811 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist and inventor (d. 1899)
1819 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1901)
1847 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (d. 1878)
1855 - Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)
1871 - Arthur Griffith, President of Ireland (d. 1922)
1872 - Serge Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (Ballets Russes) (d. 1929)
1872 - Alexandra Kollontai, Russian ambassador to Norway (d.1952)
1876 - Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (d. 1927)
1878 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
1884 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (d. 1946)
1885 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. 1930)
1890 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1891 - Victor Varconi, Hungarian film actor (d. 1976)
1893 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (d. 1954)
1906 - Shin'ichiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1907 - Eddie Quillan, American actor (d. 1990)
1908 - Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
1911 - Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. 1986)
1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1915 - Albert Hourani, English historian (d. 1993)
1915 - Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese military man (d. 1997)
1916 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress
1916 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (d. 1979)
1919 - Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)
1922 - Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1924 - Leo Buscaglia, American author (d. 1998)
1924 - Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (d. 2002)
1925 - Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)
1926 - John Fowles, English author (d. 2005)
1927 - César Chávez, American labor activist (d. 1993)
1927 - William Daniels, American actor
1928 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer and songwriter (d. 1975)
1928 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (d. 2007)
1929 - Bertram Fields, American lawyer
1931 - Miller Barber, American golfer
1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
1933 - Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
1934 - John D. Loudermilk, American singer and songwriter
1934 - Richard Chamberlain, American actor
1934 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
1934 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate
1935 - Judith Rossner, American author
1935 - Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader
1936 - Bob Pulford, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Marge Piercy, American writer
1936 - Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor
1938 - Arthur B. Rubinstein, American composer
1938 - David Steel, Scottish politician
1938 - Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actor
1938 - Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1938 - Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
1939 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, first President of Georgia (d. 1993)
1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German film director
1940 - Barney Frank, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
1940 - Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator from Vermont
1942 - Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
1942 - Michael Savage, American talk radio host and commentator
1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor
1944 - Pascal Danel, French singer and songwriter
1944 - Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
1945 - Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer
1945 - Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
1946 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)
1947 - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, President of Colombia
1948 - Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist
1948 - Rhea Perlman, American actress
1948 - Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1950 - Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
1950 - András Adorján, Hungarian chess player
1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor (d. 1998)
1955 - Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
1955 - Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
1957 - Marc McClure, American actor
1957 - Alan Duncan, British politician
1958 - Tony Cox, American actor
1959 - Ali McMordie, Irish bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)
1962 - John Taylor, American football player
1963 - Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer
1964 - Paul Wong Koon-Chung, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
1965 - Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player
1965 - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006)
1965 - Steven T. Seagle, American comic-book writer
1966 - Roger Black, English athlete
1968 - Celine Dion, French Canadien singer
1968 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 - Samantha Brown, American television host
1969 - Steve Smith, American basketball player
1969 - Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish politician
1971 - Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
1972 - Andrew Bowen, American actor
1972 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish film director
1972 - Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower
1973 - Bold Forbes, Puerto Rican/American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2000)
1974 - Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bassist (Placebo)
1974 - Benjamin Eicher, Swiss film director
1975 - Adam Green, American film director
1976 - Josh Saviano, American actor
1976 - Ashton Moore, American porn actress
1977 - Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1977 - Garth Tander, Australian racing driver
1978 - Tony Yayo, American rapper
1978 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
1978 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer
1979 - Josh Kinney, American baseball player
1979 - Amey Date, Indian playback singer
1980 - Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player
1980 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor
1981 - Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
1982 - Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer
1982 - Philippe Mexès, French footballer
1982 - Lennon Murphy, American rock singer/songwriter
1983 - Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
1983 - Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer
1984 - James Jones, American football player
1986 - Cveta Majtanović, Serbian singer, winner of Pop Idol.
1988 - Hogan Ephraim, English Footballer
250 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)