Famous people born on 31 May

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

1. Genghis Khan 1162Khagan of the Mongol Empiredied aged 65
2. Walt Whitman 1819American poet and essayistdied aged 72
3. Clint Eastwood 1930American film actor and directorliving, 96
4. Pope Pius XI 1857Latin Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 81
5. SASvetlana Alexievich 1948Belarusian journalist and writerliving, 78
6. Viktor Orbán 1963Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungaryliving, 63
7. Saint-John Perse 1887French poet and diplomatdied aged 88
8. Marco Reus 1989German footballerliving, 37
9. Colin Farrell 1976Irish actorliving, 50
10. Brooke Shields 1965American model and actorliving, 61
11. Laurent Gbagbo 1945Ivorian politician who served as President of the Ivory Coastliving, 81
12. Maurice Allais 1911French economistdied aged 99
13. Dina Boluarte 1962Peruvian politician and lawyer who served as President of Peruliving, 64
14. John Robert Schrieffer 1931American physicistdied aged 88
15. Feodor I of Russia 1557Politiciandied aged 40
16. Manuel I of Portugal 1469Monarch of Portugaldied aged 52
17. Chien-Shiung Wu 1912Chinese physicistdied aged 84
18. Rainier III of Monaco 1923Monégasque monarchdied aged 81
19. Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1945West German playwright and actordied aged 37
20. Iga Świątek 2001Polish tennis playerliving, 25
21. Ludwig Tieck 1773Prussian poet and criticdied aged 79