Famous people born on 31 August

19 of the people we track were born on 31 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Caligula AD 12Roman emperordied aged 28
2. Tsai Ing-wen 1956Taiwanese politician who served as President of the Republic of Chinaliving, 70
3. Maria Montessori 1870Italian physiciandied aged 81
4. Hassan Nasrallah 1960Lebanese leaderdied aged 64
5. Mohammed bin Salman 1985Politicianliving, 41
6. Richard Gere 1949American actorliving, 77
7. Commodus AD 161Roman emperordied aged 31
8. Hermann von Helmholtz 1821German physicist and physiologistdied aged 73
9. Wilhelmina of the Netherlands 1880King of the Netherlandsdied aged 82
10. Queen Rania of Jordan 1970Queen consortliving, 56
11. ARAngelique Rockas 1951British actor and producerliving, 75
12. Pepe Reina 1982Spanish footballerliving, 44
13. Emperor Taishō 1879Emperor of Japandied aged 47
14. William Saroyan 1908American novelist and playwrightdied aged 72
15. Robert Kocharyan 1954Politician who served as President of Armenialiving, 72
16. Chris Tucker 1971American actor and comedianliving, 55
17. James Coburn 1928American actordied aged 74
18. Hugh David Politzer 1949American physicistliving, 77
19. Edward Thorndike 1874American psychologistdied aged 74