Famous people born on 31 March

• Johann Sebastian BachGerman composer · 1685–1750
  65 yrs
• René DescartesFrench philosopher, mathematician, and scientist · 1596–1650
  53 yrs
• Joseph HaydnAustrian composer · 1732–1809
  77 yrs
• Octavio PazMexican writer, poet an diplomat · 1914–1998
  84 yrs
• Benedict XIVPope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758 · 1675–1758
  83 yrs
• William Lawrence BraggAustralian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer · 1890–1971
  81 yrs
• A. KollontaĭSoviet revolutionary, ambassador, diplomat, feminist · 1872–1952
  79 yrs
• Maximilian IHoly Roman Emperor · 1459–1519
  59 yrs
• Shinichiro TomonagaJapanese physicist · 1906–1979
  73 yrs
• Zviad GamsakhurdiaGeorgian politician, dissident and writer, first President of Georgia · 1939–1993
  54 yrs
• Henry II of FranceKing of France from 1547 to 1559 · 1519–1559
  40 yrs
• John Fowles ↗English novelist · 1926–2005
  79 yrs
• Scott Joplin ↗American composer, musician, pianist · 1868–1917
  49 yrs
• Richard Chamberlain ↗American actor · 1934–2025
  90 yrs
• Korney Chukovsky ↗Russian children's poet · 1882–1969
  87 yrs
• Frederick V of Denmark ↗King of Denmark and Norway · 1723–1766
  42 yrs
• Marwan I ↗Fourth Umayyad caliph from 684 to 685 · AD 623–685
  62 yrs
• Sergei Diaghilev ↗Russian art critic and impresario · 1872–1929
  57 yrs
• Coenraad Jacob Temminck ↗Dutch aristocrat and zoologist · 1778–1858
  79 yrs
• Andrew Marvell ↗English poet and politician · 1621–1678
  57 yrs
• Chlodwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst ↗German chancellor · 1819–1901
  82 yrs
• Cesar Chavez ↗Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist · 1927–1993
  66 yrs
• Anandi Gopal Joshi ↗One of the first Indian woman doctor · 1865–1887
  21 yrs
• Gordie Howe ↗Canadian ice hockey player · 1928–2016
  88 yrs
• Nangklao ↗Third king of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty · 1788–1851
  63 yrs
• Nagisa Ōshima ↗Japanese film director and screenwriter · 1932–2013
  80 yrs
• Andrew Lang ↗Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic · 1844–1912
  68 yrs
• Arthur Griffith ↗Irish politician and writer, founder of Sinn Féin · 1872–1922
  50 yrs
• Jack Johnson ↗American boxer · 1878–1946
  68 yrs
• Edward FitzGerald ↗English poet and translator · 1809–1883
  74 yrs
• Öljaitü ↗The eighth Ilkhan of Mongol Ilkhanate · 1280–1316
  36 yrs
• Étienne Bézout ↗French mathematician · 1730–1783
  53 yrs
• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester ↗British soldier (1900–1974), Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947 · 1900–1974
  74 yrs
• Ahmed ‘Urabi ↗Egyptian army officer and revolutionary · 1841–1911
  70 yrs
• Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ↗German footballer · 1939–2024
  85 yrs
• Mariana Victoria of Spain ↗Infanta of Spain by birth, later regent of Portugal · 1718–1781
  62 yrs

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