The 243rd day of the year, the 244th in a leap year
Born on 31 August
Every 31 August birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Virgo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- VirgoEarth, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- Peridot, Spinel, SardonyxThe 1912 list gave Sardonyx and Peridot.
- Birth flower
- Gladiolus, PoppyUsually taken today to mean strength of character and remembrance.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 31 August in any year.
Which weekday 31 August falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 31 August falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 31 August is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,773 babies were born on 31 August in each year of the twenty, making it the 302nd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 31 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Tsai Ing-wen | 1956– | President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2024 |
| Maria Montessori | 1870–1952 | Italian physician and educator |
| Hassan Nasrallah | 1960–2024 | Leader of Hezbollah |
| Mohammed bin Salman | 1985– | Saudi crown prince |
| Richard Gere | 1949– | American actor |
| Hermann von Helmholtz | 1821–1894 | German physicist and physiologist |
| Jahangir | 1569–1627 | Mughal emperor from 1605 to 1627 |
| Wilhelmina of the Netherlands | 1880–1962 | Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 |
| Queen Rania of Jordan | 1970– | Queen Consort of Jordan |
| Pepe Reina | 1982– | Spanish association football player |
| Emperor Taishō | 1879–1926 | Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926 |
| William Saroyan | 1908–1981 | Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer |
| Chris Tucker | 1971– | American actor and comedian |
| James Coburn | 1928–2002 | American actor |
| Hugh David Politzer | 1949– | American physicist |
| Nikola Gruevski | 1970– | Former politician from North Macedonia |
| Fredric March | 1897–1975 | American actor |
| David Ospina | 1988– | Colombian association football player |
Died on 31 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Baudelaire | 1821–1867 | French poet and critic |
| Diana, Princess of Wales | 1961–1997 | member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 1935–2020 | President of India from 2012 to 2017 |
| Marina Tsvetaeva | 1892–1941 | Russian poet |
| Wilhelm Wundt | 1832–1920 | German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor |
| John Ford | 1894–1973 | American film director |
| Henry V of England | 1386–1422 | King of England from 1413 to 1422 |
| Georges Braque | 1882–1963 | French painter and sculptor |
| John Bunyan | 1628–1688 | English Christian writer and preacher |
| Stefan Banach | 1892–1945 | Polish mathematician |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1900–1986 | eighth President of Finland |
| Henry Moore | 1898–1986 | English sculptor |
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