L. Wolfe Gilbert

Russian empire-born american songwriter, author, publisher (1886–1970).

Born August 31st, 1886 in Odesa.

Died July 13th, 1970 at 83 years old in Los Angeles.

Yumiko Ōshima

Japanese manga artist.

Born August 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ōtawara-shi.

Friedrich Robert Helmert

German geodesist (1843-1917).

Born August 31st, 1843 in Freiberg.

Died June 15th, 1917 at 73 years old in Potsdam.

Leonid Popov

Soviet cosmonaut.

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

Glenroy Gilbert

Canadian sprint athlete.

Born August 31st, 1968 (age 57 years) in Port of Spain.

Matti Breschel

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1984.

Born August 31st, 1984 (age 41 years) in Faxe.

Lou Tsioropoulos

American basketball player (1930–2015).

Born August 31st, 1930 in Lynn. ^[ref]

Died August 22nd, 2015 at 84 years old in Louisville. ^[ref]

Aboubacar Somparé

Former president of the national assembly of guinea (1944-2017).

Born August 31st, 1944 in Boké Prefecture, Boké.

Died November 2nd, 2017 at 73 years old in Conakry.

Kristina Cook

British three-day eventing rider.

Born August 31st, 1970 (age 55 years) in Worthing.

Nobuatsu Aoki

Japanese motorcycle racer.

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

Milan Grol

Yugoslav politician (1876-1952).

Born August 31st, 1876 in Belgrade.

Died December 3rd, 1952 at 76 years old in Belgrade.

David Morris

Australian skier.

Born August 31st, 1984 (age 41 years) in Melbourne.

Kessarin Ektawatkul

Thai actress and taekwondo practitioner.

Born August 31st, 1981 (age 44 years) in Thailand.

Bo Giertz

Swedish bishop (1905–1998).

Born August 31st, 1905.

Died July 12th, 1998 at 92 years old in Danderyd.

Gennady Voronov

Russian politician (1910-1994).

Born August 31st, 1910 in Rameshki.

Died April 1st, 1994 at 83 years old in Moscow.

Marko Banić

Croatian basketball player.

Born August 31st, 1984 (age 41 years) in Zadar.

Zenobia Camprubí

Spanish-american writer and linguist.

Born August 31st, 1887 in Malgrat de Mar.

Died October 28th, 1956 at 69 years old in San Juan (ovarian cancer).

Lu Shiow-yen

Taiwanese politician.

Born August 31st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Anle District.

Charles Wirgman

English artist active in japan (1832-1891).

Born August 31st, 1832 in London.

Died February 8th, 1891 at 58 years old in Yokohama.

Aarudhra

Telugu poet, lyricist, and researcher; author of samagra andhra sahityam.

Born August 31st, 1925 in Visakhapatnam.

Died June 4th, 1998 at 72 years old

Maria Chekhova

Russian teacher, artist, founder of the chekhov memorial house museum in yalta, editor (1863-1957).

Born August 31st, 1863 in Taganrog. ^[ref]

Died January 15th, 1957 at 93 years old in Yalta (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Jakub Słowik

Polish association football player.

Born August 31st, 1991 (age 34 years) in Nowy Sącz.

Emmanuel Nunes

Portuguese composer and music teacher (1941–2012).

Born August 31st, 1941 in Freguesia de São Sebastião da Pedreira.

Died September 2nd, 2012 at 71 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Robert Hanbury Brown

British astronomer and physicist, born in india (1916–2002).

Born August 31st, 1916 in Aruvankadu. ^[ref]

Died January 16th, 2002 at 85 years old in Andover. ^[ref]

Ramón Vinay

Chilean opera singer (1911-1996).

Born August 31st, 1911 in Chillán.

Died January 4th, 1996 at 84 years old in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza.