History Births on May 31

Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 1994)

#Jay_Miner

Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer (d. 2012)

#Ed_Lincoln

Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire

#Steve_Bucknor

Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

#Corey_Hart_(singer)

June Clark, Welsh nurse and educator

#June_Clark_(nurse)

Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer

#Domenico_Fioravanti

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)

#Rainer_Werner_Fassbinder

Joe Namath, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

#Joe_Namath

Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (d. 2014)

#Menahem_Golan

Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (d. 2010)

#Shirley_Verrett

Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)

#Rosa_May_Billinghurst

Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2003)

#Wesley_Willis

John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1867)

#John_Albion_Andrew

Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)

#Maurice_Allais

Lea Thompson, American actress, director, and producer

#Lea_Thompson

Frode Estil, Norwegian skier

#Frode_Estil

Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)

#Manuel_I_of_Portugal

Antti Niemi, Finnish footballer and coach

#Antti_Niemi_(footballer)

Nur Jahan, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire (d. 1645)

#Nur_Jahan

Matt Harpring, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Matt_Harpring

Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver

#Santino_Ferrucci

Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer (d. 2007)

#Andrew_Grima

Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (d. 1817)

#Andrea_Appiani

Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1951)

#Erich_Neumann_(politician)

Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer

#Brooke_Shields

Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer

#Thomas_Mavros

Chris Elliott, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

#Chris_Elliott

Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1967)

#Robert_Richards_(Australian_politician)

Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer

#Daniele_Bonera

Marlies Schild, Austrian skier

#Marlies_Schild

Susie Essman, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter

#Susie_Essman

Jim Hutton, American actor (d. 1979)

#Jim_Hutton

Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author (d. 1968)

#Konstantin_Paustovsky

Eric Christian Olsen, American actor

#Eric_Christian_Olsen

Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist

#Robert_Gesink

Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tommy_Emmanuel

William Nordhaus, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#William_Nordhaus

Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer

#Mikael_Antonsson

Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach

#Anatoliy_Bondarchuk

Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1934)

#Gregor_Strasser

Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (d. 2014)

#Andrea_de_Cesaris

Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer

#Phil_Keoghan

Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower

#Gabriele_Hinzmann

John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)

#John_Robert_Schrieffer

Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire (d. 1795)

#Ahilyabai_Holkar

Kenny Lofton, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Kenny_Lofton

Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)

#Don_Ameche

Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment

#Jean_Chalopin

Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire

#Laurent_Gbagbo

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter

#Pirkka-Pekka_Petelius

John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1936)

#John_Ringling

Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (d. 1956)

#Sándor_Festetics

Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (d. 1942)

#Lauri_Kristian_Relander

Gregory Harrison, American actor

#Gregory_Harrison

Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior

#Edgar_Savisaar

Bernard Goldberg, American journalist and author

#Bernard_Goldberg

Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic (d. 1853)

#Ludwig_Tieck

Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (d. 1919)

#Francisco_Moreno

Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, American rapper and producer

#Darryl_McDaniels

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)

#Rainier_III,_Prince_of_Monaco

Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)

#Pope_Pius_XI

Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author

#Terry_Waite

Jordy Nelson, American football player

#Jordy_Nelson

Jake Peavy, American baseball player

#Jake_Peavy

Jim Craig, American ice hockey player

#Jim_Craig_(ice_hockey)

Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer (d. 1942)

#Francis_Younghusband

David Leigh, holder of the Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry at the University of Manchester

#David_Leigh_(scientist)

Micha? Korybut Wi?niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)

#Micha?_Korybut_Wi?niowiecki

Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar (d. 1887)

#Johann_Georg_Baiter

John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (d. 1894)

#John_Cox_Bray

Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

#Erik_Karlsson

Jerzy Radziwi??, Catholic cardinal (d. 1600)

#Jerzy_Radziwi??_(1556-1600)

Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

#Johnny_Paycheck

Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist (d. 1932)

#Graham_Wallas

Mac Suzuki, Japanese baseball player

#Mac_Suzuki

Julian Beck, American actor and director (d. 1986)

#Julian_Beck

John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)

#John_George_II,_Elector_of_Saxony

Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2000)

#Art_Coulter

Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607)

#Alessandro_Allori

John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

#John_Prescott

Archie Panjabi, Indo-British actress

#Archie_Panjabi

Chad Campbell, American golfer

#Chad_Campbell

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician (d. 1793)

#Pierre_Victurnien_Vergniaud

Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

#Saint-John_Perse

Nate Robinson, American basketball player

#Nate_Robinson

Lucile Godbold, American Olympic athlete (d. 1981)

#Lucile_Godbold

Sharon Gless, American actress

#Sharon_Gless

Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach

#Dave_Roberts_(outfielder)

John Young, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#John_Young_(British_musician)

Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (d. 1900)

#Henry_Sidgwick

Tom Berenger, American actor, film producer and television writer

#Tom_Berenger

Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Junior_Campbell

Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary

#Viktor_Orbán

Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand

#Jim_Bolger

Yukio Edano, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

#Yukio_Edano

Fritz Hilpert, German drummer and composer

#Fritz_Hilpert

Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic

#Ted_Baehr

Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997)

#Chien-Shiung_Wu

Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (d. 1995)

#Robie_Macauley

Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (d. 1993)

#Norman_Vincent_Peale

Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (d. 1892)

#Walt_Whitman

Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish (d. 1921)

#Julius_Richard_Petri

Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate

#Svetlana_Alexievich

Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Karl_Bartos

Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (d. 2006)

#Alida_Valli

Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (d. 2006)

#Akira_Ifukube

Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and arranger

#Arun_Luthra

Hijikata Toshiz?, Japanese commander (d. 1869)

#Hijikata_Toshiz?

Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)

#Walter_Sickert

Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer

#Jean-François_Gillet

Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (d. 2015)

#Ellsworth_Kelly

Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist (d. 1982)

#Lloyd_Quarterman

Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Peter_Yarrow

Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)

#Bert_Haanstra

Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer

#Clint_Eastwood

Christian McBride, American bassist and record producer

#Christian_McBride

Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete

#Laura_Ikauniece

Andrew Bailey, American baseball player

#Andrew_Bailey_(baseball)

Colin Farrell, Irish actor

#Colin_Farrell

Louis Ignarro, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Louis_Ignarro

Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (d. 1952)

#Frances_Alda

Normani Korde, American singer

#Normani

William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (d. 1924)

#William_Pirrie,_1st_Viscount_Pirrie

Gilbert Shelton, American illustrator

#Gilbert_Shelton

Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author (d. 1956)

#Fred_Allen

Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (d. 1903)

#Kusumoto_Ine

Milorad ?avi?, Serbian swimmer

#Milorad_?avi?

Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1906)

#Adye_Douglas

Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author

#Henry_B._Eyring

Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player

#Michaël_Bournival

Phil Wilson, English politician

#Phil_Wilson_(British_politician)

John Bonham, English musician, songwriter and drummer (d. 1980)

#John_Bonham

Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player

Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer

Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-Greek volleyball player

Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Japanese comedian and singer

Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lankan cricketer and referee

Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler and coach

Leonard Asper, Canadian lawyer and businessman

Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician

Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player

Peter Winterbottom, English rugby player

Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman

Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (d. 2000)

Karl-Hans Riehm, German hammer thrower

Duncan Hunter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician

Martin Hannett, English bass player, guitarist, and record producer (d. 1991)

Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman

Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 2009)

Augie Meyers, American musician and singer-songwriter

Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (d. 2001)

Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker (d. 2017)

James Eberle, English admiral (d. 2018)

Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor (d. 1992)

Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)

Edna Doré, English actress (d. 2014)

Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (d. 1983)

Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1968)

Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (d. 1812)

Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem (d. 1707)

Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1504)

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (d. 1509)