Mike Erwin

American actor.

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

Ted Ligety

American alpine skier.

Born August 31st, 1984 (age 41 years) in Salt Lake City.

Feng Tianwei

Chinese-born singaporean table tennis player.

Born August 31st, 1986 (age 39 years) in Harbin.

Jung Kyung-ho

South korean actor (born 1983).

Born August 31st, 1983 (age 42 years) in Gyeonggi Province.

Jennifer Azzi

American basketball player.

Born August 31st, 1968 (age 57 years) in Oak Ridge. ^[ref]

James E. Ferguson

American banker and politician (1871-1944).

Born August 31st, 1871 in Salado.

Died September 21st, 1944 at 73 years old in Austin.

Alice Oswald

British poet.

Born August 31st, 1966 (age 59 years) in Reading.

Georg von Hertling

German chancellor (1843–1919).

Born August 31st, 1843 in Darmstadt.

Died January 4th, 1919 at 75 years old in Ruhpolding.

Dore Schary

Screenwriter, playwright, film director, studio executive (1905-1980).

Born August 31st, 1905 in Newark.

Died July 7th, 1980 at 74 years old in New York City.

DuBose Heyward

American novelist, playwright, poet (1885-1940).

Born August 31st, 1885 in Charleston.

Died June 16th, 1940 at 54 years old in Tryon.

Altiero Spinelli

Italian politician (1907-1986).

Born August 31st, 1907 in Rome.

Died May 23rd, 1986 at 78 years old in Rome.

Dean Barkley

American politician.

Born August 31st, 1950 (age 75 years) in Annandale.

José Carlos Gonçalves Rodrigues

Portuguese-greek footballer.

Born August 31st, 1988 (age 37 years) in Lisbon.

Lisa Waltz

American actress.

Born August 31st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Limerick Township.

Harry Meyen

German actor (1924–1979).

Born August 31st, 1924 in Hamburg.

Died April 15th, 1979 at 54 years old in Hamburg (hanging to death).

Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

Soviet politician (1874-1934).

Born August 31st, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.

Died May 10th, 1934 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Joselyn Dumas

Ghanaian actress.

Born August 31st, 1980 (age 45 years) in Ghana. ^[ref]

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Portuguese military and political (1936-2021).

Born August 31st, 1936 in Maputo.

Died July 25th, 2021 at 84 years old in Lisbon. ^[ref]

Otto Dietrich

German general (1897-1952).

Born August 31st, 1897 in Essen.

Died November 22nd, 1952 at 55 years old in Düsseldorf.

Andrei Medvedev

Ukrainian tennis player (born 1974).

Born August 31st, 1974 (age 51 years) in Kyiv.

Amilcare Ponchielli

Italian composer (1834-1886).

Born August 31st, 1834 in Paderno Ponchielli.

Died January 16th, 1886 at 51 years old in Milan (pneumonia).

Marlin Stutzman

American politician.

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

Georg Jensen

Danish silversmith (1866-1935).

Born August 31st, 1866 in Rådvad. ^[ref]

Died October 2nd, 1935 at 69 years old in Rådvad. ^[ref]

Petros Mantalos

Greek footballer.

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

Fitz John Porter

American union army general (1822–1901).

Born August 31st, 1822 in Portsmouth.

Died May 21st, 1901 at 78 years old in Morristown. ^[ref]