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May 31st

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530 Notable birthdays

Kadri Veseli

Kosovan politician.

Born May 31st, 1967 (age 58 years) in Mitrovica.

Heorhiy Bushchan

Ukrainian footballer.

Born May 31st, 1994 (age 31 years) in Odesa.

Sethrida Geagea

Lebanese politician.

Born May 31st, 1967 (age 58 years) in Bsharri.

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010).

Born May 31st, 1911 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Died October 9th, 2010 at 99 years old in Saint-Cloud. [ref]

Joe Robinson

English actor (1927-2017).

Born May 31st, 1927 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Died July 3rd, 2017 at 90 years old in Brighton (dementia). [ref]

Athene Seyler

English actress (1889–1990).

Born May 31st, 1889 in London Borough of Hackney.

Died September 12th, 1990 at 101 years old in Hammersmith.

Jean-François Gillet

Belgian association football player (born 1979).

Born May 31st, 1979 (age 46 years) in Liège.

Julius Richard Petri

German microbiologist (1852–1921).

Born May 31st, 1852 in Barmen.

Died December 20th, 1921 at 69 years old in Zeitz.

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer.

Born May 31st, 1986 (age 39 years) in Varsseveld.

Gabriel Zakuani

Congolese footballer.

Born May 31st, 1986 (age 39 years) in Kinshasa.

Shirley Verrett

American opera singer, educator and writer.

Born May 31st, 1931 in New Orleans. [ref]

Died November 5th, 2010 at 79 years old in Ann Arbor (disease, heart failure). [ref]

Kusumoto Ine

The first female doctor of western medicine in japan.

Born May 31st, 1827 in Dejima.

Died August 26th, 1903 at 76 years old in Azabu.

Dave O'Brien

American actor and director (1912-1969).

Born May 31st, 1912 in Big Spring.

Died November 8th, 1969 at 57 years old in Santa Catalina Island (myocardial infarction).

John Albion Andrew

Massachusetts governor during the civil war (1818-1867).

Born May 31st, 1818 in Windham. [ref]

Died October 30th, 1867 at 49 years old in Boston (stroke). [ref]

Douglas Kellner

American critical theorist, university professor.

Born May 31st, 1943 (age 82 years) in Washington, D.C..

Zana Marjanović

Bosnian actress.

Born May 31st, 1983 (age 42 years) in Sarajevo.

Albert Heath

American drummer (1935–2024).

Born May 31st, 1935 in Philadelphia. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 2024 at 88 years old in Santa Fe (leukemia). [ref]

Luo Ruiqing

Chinese general, politician (1906-1978).

Born May 31st, 1906 in Nanchong.

Died August 3rd, 1978 at 72 years old in Heidelberg.

Aydan Özoğuz

Turkish-german statesperson (born 1967).

Born May 31st, 1967 (age 58 years) in Hamburg.

Konstantin Paustovsky

Russian writer (1892–1968).

Born May 31st, 1892 in Moscow. [ref]

Died July 14th, 1968 at 76 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Graham Wallas

English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist (1858–1932).

Born May 31st, 1858 in Sunderland.

Died August 9th, 1932 at 74 years old in Portloe.

Happy Hairston

Basketball player (1942-2001).

Born May 31st, 1942 in Winston-Salem.

Died May 1st, 2001 at 58 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).

Jay Miner

American electrical engineer (1932–1994).

Born May 31st, 1932 in Prescott.

Died June 20th, 1994 at 62 years old in Mountain View (kidney failure).

Kiki Omeili

Nigerian actress.

Born May 31st, 1986 (age 39 years) in Lagos.

Thomas Mavros

Greek footballer.

Born May 31st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Kallithea.

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