Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 31 March

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

  1. René Descartes 1596French philosopher and mathematiciandied aged 53
  2. Joseph Haydn 1732Austrian composerdied aged 77
  3. Al Gore 1948American politician who served as Vice President of the United Statesliving, 78
  4. Octavio Paz 1914Mexican writer and diplomatdied aged 84
  5. Pope Benedict XIV 1675Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 83
  6. Lawrence Bragg 1890Australian-born physicist and crystallographerdied aged 81
  7. Ewan McGregor 1971Scottish actorliving, 55
  8. Pope Pius IV 1499Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 66
  9. Shin'ichirō Tomonaga 1906Japanese physicistdied aged 73
  10. Carlo Rubbia 1934Italian physicistliving, 92
  11. Zviad Gamsakhurdia 1939Georgian politician and writer who served as President of Georgiadied aged 54
  12. Christopher Walken 1943American actorliving, 83
  13. Henry II of France 1519King of Francedied aged 40
  14. Angus Young 1955Australian guitaristliving, 71
  15. John Fowles 1926British novelistdied aged 79
  16. Oleksandr Turchynov 1964Politician and screenwriter who served as President of Ukraineliving, 62
  17. Alexander Ostrovsky 1823Russian playwrightdied aged 63
  18. Chloé Zhao 1982Chinese film directorliving, 44