Noel Francis

American stage actor (1906-1959).

Born August 31st, 1906 in Temple.

Died October 30th, 1959 at 53 years old in Los Angeles.

Lasse Svan Hansen

Danish handball player.

Born August 31st, 1983 (age 42 years) in Lille Heddinge.

Ante Čović

Croatian association football player and manager.

Born August 31st, 1975 (age 50 years) in Berlin.

Fred Ott

American scientist and film actor (1860–1934).

Born August 31st, 1860 in New Jersey. ^[ref]

Died October 24th, 1936 at 76 years old in West Orange.

Melanie Schlanger

Australian swimmer, olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder.

Born August 31st, 1986 (age 39 years) in Sunshine Coast, Nambour.

Vincent Delerm

French singer.

Born August 31st, 1976 (age 49 years) in Évreux.

Xavier Siméon

Belgian motorcycle racer.

Born August 31st, 1989 (age 36 years) in Etterbeek.

Hanne Boel

Danish singer.

Born August 31st, 1957 (age 68 years) in Bagsværd.

Leonid Kulik

Russian mineralogist (1883-1942).

Born August 31st, 1883 in Tartu. ^[ref]

Died April 14th, 1942 at 58 years old in Spas-Demensk (typhus).

John DeFrancis

American linguist (1911-2009).

Born August 31st, 1911 in Bridgeport.

Died January 2nd, 2009 at 97 years old in Honolulu. ^[ref]

Aleksandar Ranković

Footballer.

Born August 31st, 1978 (age 47 years) in Belgrade.

Otis G. Pike

Democratic member of the united states house of representatives (1921-2014).

Born August 31st, 1921 in Riverhead.

Died January 20th, 2014 at 92 years old in Vero Beach.

Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

American physician, writer and suffragist (1842-1906).

Born August 31st, 1842 in London. ^[ref]

Died June 10th, 1906 at 63 years old in New York City (meningioma).

Pavel Vinogradov

Russian cosmonaut.

Born August 31st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Magadan.

Joan Barclay

American actress (1914–2002).

Born August 31st, 1914 in Minneapolis.

Died November 22nd, 2002 at 88 years old in Palm Desert.

Franz Rosenthal

German arabist (1914–2003).

Born August 31st, 1914 in Berlin.

Died April 8th, 2003 at 88 years old in New Haven, Branford. ^[ref]

Pierre Soulé

American politician (1801-1870).

Born August 31st, 1801 in Castillon-en-Couserans.

Died March 26th, 1870 at 68 years old in New Orleans.

Edward Brongersma

Dutch politician (1911–1998).

Born August 31st, 1911 in Haarlem.

Died April 22nd, 1998 at 86 years old in North Holland (euthanasia).

Sérgio Godinho

Portuguese musician.

Born August 31st, 1945 (age 80 years) in Porto.

Nurlan Nigmatulin

Kazakhstani politician.

Born August 31st, 1962 (age 63 years) in Karaganda.

Tonino Picula

Croatian politician.

Born August 31st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Mali Lošinj.

Regiane Alves

Brazilian actress.

Born August 31st, 1978 (age 47 years) in Santo André. ^[ref]

Kinga Preis

Polish actress.

Born August 31st, 1971 (age 54 years) in Wrocław.

Gino Lucetti

Italian assassin (1900-1943).

Born August 31st, 1900 in Carrara.

Died September 17th, 1943 at 43 years old in Ischia.

Gérard Pirès

French film director.

Born August 31st, 1942 (age 83 years) in 13th arrondissement of Paris.