Mary Boykin Chesnut

American writer (1823-1886).

Born March 31st, 1823 in Stateburg.

Died November 22nd, 1886 at 63 years old in Camden.

Nagisa Ōshima

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013).

Born March 31st, 1932 in Kyoto, Tamano. ^[ref]

Died January 15th, 2013 at 80 years old in Fujisawa (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Thijs van Leer

Dutch musician.

Born March 31st, 1948 (age 78 years) in Amsterdam.

Volker Schlöndorff

German film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1939).

Born March 31st, 1939 (age 87 years) in Wiesbaden. ^[ref]

Lena Forsén

Swedish model.

Born March 31st, 1951 (age 75 years).

Pablo Piatti

Argentine footballer.

Born March 31st, 1989 (age 37 years) in La Carlota, Ucacha.

Tom Barrasso

American ice hockey goaltender.

Born March 31st, 1965 (age 61 years) in Boston.

Yoshifumi Kondō

Japanese anime director (1950-1998).

Born March 31st, 1950 in Gosen.

Died January 21st, 1998 at 47 years old in Tachikawa (aortic dissection, aneurysm).

Hugh McCracken

American session musician (1942-2013).

Born March 31st, 1942 in Glen Ridge.

Died March 28th, 2013 at 70 years old in Manhattan (leukemia).

Yuri Brezhnev

Soviet politician (1933-2013).

Born March 31st, 1933 in Kamyanske.

Died August 3rd, 2013 at 80 years old in Moscow (brain cancer). ^[ref]

Jérôme Rothen

French footballer (born 1978).

Born March 31st, 1978 (age 48 years) in Châtenay-Malabry.

Edward FitzGerald

English poet and translator (1809–1883).

Born March 31st, 1809 in Woodbridge, Bredfield House.

Died June 14th, 1883 at 74 years old in Lowestoft.

Eddie Johnson

American soccer player.

Born March 31st, 1984 (age 42 years) in Bunnell.

Popa Chubby

American electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Born March 31st, 1960 (age 66 years) in The Bronx.

Jeff Young

American guitarist.

Born March 31st, 1962 (age 64 years) in Ann Arbor.

John Jakes

American historical novelist and fantasy writer (1932–2023).

Born March 31st, 1932 in Chicago.

Died March 11th, 2023 at 90 years old in Sarasota. ^[ref]

Lucille Bliss

American actress (1916–2012).

Born March 31st, 1916 in New York City.

Died November 8th, 2012 at 96 years old in Costa Mesa (disease). ^[ref]

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born british physicist and x-ray crystallographer.

Born March 31st, 1890 in Adelaide.

Died July 1st, 1971 at 81 years old in Ipswich.

Marge Piercy

American novelist and poet (born 1936).

Born March 31st, 1936 (age 90 years) in Detroit.

Joan Feynman

American astrophysicist (1927–2020).

Born March 31st, 1927 in Far Rockaway.

Died July 22nd, 2020 at 93 years old in Oxnard. ^[ref]

Judi Shekoni

British actress.

Born March 31st, 1982 (age 44 years) in Gorton.

J. R. Reid

American basketball player.

Born March 31st, 1968 (age 58 years) in Virginia Beach.

Vladimir Ilyushin

Soviet and russian test pilot (1927–2010).

Born March 31st, 1927 in Moscow.

Died March 1st, 2010 at 82 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Howard Gordon

American television writer and producer.

Born March 31st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Queens.

Haldhar Nag

Indian poet.

Born March 31st, 1950 (age 76 years) in Ghess. ^[ref]