Famous People Born on August 31

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• Ramon Magsaysay (1907) — President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957
• Mark Johnston (swimmer) (1979) — Canadian swimmer (born 1979)
• Robert Bacher (1905) — American nuclear physicist (1905–2004)
• Clive Lloyd (1944) — West Indies cricketer
• Richard Gere (1949) — American actor (born 1949)
• Debbie Gibson (1970) — American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1970)
• Dee Bradley Baker (1962) — American voice actor (born 1962)
• Ian Crocker (1982) — American swimmer (born 1982)
• Tom Coughlin (1946) — American football coach and executive (born 1946)
• Hideo Nomo (1968) — Japanese baseball player (born 1968)
• Henry Joy McCracken (1767) — Irish republican (1767–1798)
• Isabella de' Medici (1542) — Italian noblewoman (1542–1576)
• William DeWitt Jr. (1941) — American businessman
• Joe Budden (1980) — American rapper (born 1980)
• Yuvan Shankar Raja (1979) — Indian composer and playback singer (born 1979)
• Husein Gradaščević (1802) — Bosnian Muslim general
• Jean Béliveau (1931) — Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2014)
• Ramón Castilla (1797) — President of Peru variously in the 1800s
• Ted Ligety (1984) — American alpine skier (born 1984)
• Rituparno Ghosh (1963) — Indian film director, actor, writer, and lyricist
• Scott Niedermayer (1973) — Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)
• Chris Tucker (1971) — American actor and comedian (born 1971)
• Altiero Spinelli (1907) — Italian politician (1907–1986)
• Danny Litwhiler (1916) — American baseball player (1916–2011)
• Maria Montessori (1870) — Italian physician and educator (1870–1952)
• Nätti-Jussi (1890) — Finnish forest laborer
• Itzhak Perlman (1945) — Israeli-American violinist (born 1945)
• Ahmad Al Harthy (1981) — Omani racing driver (born 1981)
• Pádraig Harrington (1971) — Irish professional golfer (born 1971)
• George Sarton (1884) — Belgian-American historian of science (1884–1956)