Richard Basehart

American actor (1914–1984).

Born August 31st, 1914 in Zanesville.

Died September 17th, 1984 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).

Daniel Bernhardt

Swiss actor.

Born August 31st, 1965 (age 60 years) in Ittigen.

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress.

Born August 31st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Brooke.

Jonathan LaPaglia

Australian actor and television presenter.

Born August 31st, 1969 (age 56 years) in Adelaide.

Pádraig Harrington

Irish professional golfer.

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

Nicolás Tagliafico

Argentine association football player.

Born August 31st, 1992 (age 33 years) in Buenos Aires.

Pablo Marí

Spanish association football player.

Born August 31st, 1993 (age 32 years) in Almussafes.

Yara Martinez

American actress.

Born August 31st, 1979 (age 46 years) in Puerto Rico.

Noble Willingham

American actor (1931–2004).

Born August 31st, 1931 in Mineola.

Died January 17th, 2004 at 72 years old in Palm Springs (myocardial infarction).

Rituparno Ghosh

Indian film director, actor, writer, and lyricist (1963–2013).

Born August 31st, 1963 in Kolkata.

Died May 30th, 2013 at 49 years old in Kolkata (myocardial infarction).

Mary Peltola

American politician (born 1973).

Born August 31st, 1973 (age 52 years) in Anchorage. ^[ref]

Jack Thompson

Australian actor (born 1940).

Born August 31st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Sydney.

Julie Brown

American actress, comedian, screenwriter, singer-songwriter and television director.

Born August 31st, 1958 (age 67 years) in Van Nuys.

Go Joon-hee

South korean actress.

Born August 31st, 1985 (age 40 years) in South Korea.

Thomas J. Hudner

United states navy medal of honor recipient (1924–2017).

Born August 31st, 1924 in Fall River. ^[ref]

Died November 13th, 2017 at 93 years old in Concord. ^[ref]

Joe Swanberg

American filmmaker.

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

Donyale Luna

American model and actress (1945-1979).

Born August 31st, 1945 in Detroit.

Died May 17th, 1979 at 33 years old in Rome (drug overdose).

William Saroyan

Armenian-american novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981).

Born August 31st, 1908 in Fresno.

Died May 18th, 1981 at 72 years old in Fresno (prostate cancer).

Arthur Godfrey

American radio personality and television actor (1903–1983).

Born August 31st, 1903 in Manhattan.

Died March 16th, 1983 at 79 years old in Manhattan (pulmonary emphysema).

Edward Thorndike

American psychologist.

Born August 31st, 1874 in Williamsburg.

Died August 9th, 1949 at 74 years old in Montrose.

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894).

Born August 31st, 1821 in Potsdam.

Died September 8th, 1894 at 73 years old in Charlottenburg.

Gene Hoglan

American drummer.

Born August 31st, 1967 (age 58 years) in Dallas.

Clive Lloyd

Former world cup winning captain of west indies in 1975 and 1979.

Born August 31st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Georgetown.

Alma Mahler

Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964).

Born August 31st, 1879 in Vienna.

Died December 11th, 1964 at 85 years old in New York City.

Hideo Nomo

Japanese professional baseball player, mlb player.

Born August 31st, 1968 (age 57 years) in Minato-ku.