Famous Births on 31 Mar

Famous Births on 31 Mar1360 - 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 comr (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 actress1916 - 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 actor1928 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer and songwriter (d. 1975)1928 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (d. 2007)1929 - Bertram Fields, American lawyer1931 - Miller Barber, American golfer1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director1933 - Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)1934 - John D. Loudermilk, American singer and songwriter1934 - Richard Chamberlain, American actor1934 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress1934 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate1935 - Judith Rossner, American author1935 - Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader1936 - Bob Pulford, Canadian ice hockey player1936 - Marge Piercy, American writer1936 - Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor1938 - Arthur B. Rubinstein, American comr1938 - David Steel, Scottish politician1938 - Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actor1938 - Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)1938 - Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi1939 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, first President of Georgia (d. 1993)1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German film director1940 - Barney Frank, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts1940 - Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator from Vermont1942 - Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician1942 - Michael Savage, American talk radio host and commentator1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor1944 - Pascal Danel, French singer and songwriter1944 - Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)1945 - Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer1945 - Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian1946 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)1947 - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, President of Colombia1948 - Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist1948 - Rhea Perlman, American actress1948 - Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize1950 - Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor1950 - András Adorján, Hungarian chess player1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor (d. 1998)1955 - Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)1955 - Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer1957 - Marc McClure, American actor1957 - Alan Duncan, British politician1958 - Tony Cox, American actor1959 - Ali McMordie, Irish bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)1962 - John Taylor, American football player1963 - Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer1964 - Paul Wong Koon-Chung, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)1965 - Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player1965 - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006)1965 - Steven T. Seagle, American comic-book writer1966 - Roger Black, English athlete1968 - Celine Dion, French Canadien singer1968 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler1969 - Samantha Brown, American television host1969 - Steve Smith, American basketball player1969 - Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish politician1971 - Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor1972 - Andrew Bowen, American actor1972 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish film director1972 - Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower1973 - Bold Forbes, Puerto Rican/American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2000)1974 - Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bassist (Placebo)1974 - Benjamin Eicher, Swiss film director1975 - Adam Green, American film director1976 - Josh Saviano, American actor1976 - Ashton Moore, American actress1977 - Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)1977 - Garth Tander, Australian racing driver1978 - Tony Yayo, American rapper1978 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer1978 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer1979 - Josh Kinney, American baseball player1979 - Amey Date, Indian playback singer1980 - Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player1980 - Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player1980 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor1981 - Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer1982 - Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer1982 - Philippe Mexès, French footballer1982 - Lennon Murphy, American rock singer/songwriter1983 - Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast1983 - Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer1984 - James Jones, American football player1986 - Cveta Majtanović, Serbian singer, winner of Pop Idol.1988 - Hogan Ephraim, English Footballer250 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)