Famous People Born on March 31
Famous people born on March 31 include Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), René Descartes (1596) and Joseph Haydn (1732).
BORN ON THIS DAY
Johann Sebastian Bach
Master of Baroque composition
René Descartes
"I think, therefore I am"
Joseph Haydn
Father of the symphony and string quartet
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Al Gore
Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (1914–1998)
Pope Benedict XIV
Head of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
Ewan McGregor
Scottish actor (born 1971)
Pope Pius IV
Head of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565
Carlo Rubbia
Italian particle physicist and Nobel Prize winner (born 1934)
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
First President of Georgia (1991–92)
Christopher Walken
American actor (born 1943)
Henry II of France
King of France from 1547 to 1559
Angus Young
Australian musician; lead guitarist of AC/DC (born 1955)
John Fowles
English novelist (1926–2005)
Richard Chamberlain
American actor and singer (1934–2025)
Frederick V of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1766
Alenka Bratušek
Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2013 to 2014
Shirley Jones
American actress and singer (born 1934)
DIED ON THIS DAY
Isaac Newton
Laws of motion and gravity
Charlotte Brontë
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Jesse Owens
4 gold medals at 1936 Berlin Olympics
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Selena
American singer-songwriter (1971–1995)
Imre Kertész
Hungarian author (1929–2016)
John Donne
English poet and cleric (1572–1631)
Zaha Hadid
Iraqi and British architect (1950–2016)
Emil von Behring
German physiologist (1854–1917)
J. P. Morgan
American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)
John C. Calhoun
Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832
John Constable
English painter (1776–1837)
Hans Fischer
German chemist (1881–1945)
Raúl Alfonsín
President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989
Sources
- March 31 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Wikipedia
- René Descartes — Wikipedia
- Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
- Isaac Newton — Wikipedia
- Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths