Svetlana Aleksievich (75)
May 31st, 1948

Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer – Svetlana Aleksievich was born in Ivano-Frankivsk (City in Western Ukraine) on May 31st, 1948 and is 75 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 31

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

76

Gabriele Hinzmann

East German discus thrower

*May 31st, 1947, Schwerin

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

60

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

78

Laurent Gbagbo

4th President of Ivory Coast

*May 31st, 1945, Gagnoa

74

Tom Berenger

American actor (born 1949)

*May 31st, 1949, Chicago

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

76

Bernd Krause

German rower

*May 31st, 1947, Bremerhaven

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

88

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

66

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud

73

François-Xavier Villain

Member of the National Assembly of France

*May 31st, 1950, Abbeville

45

Jim Hutton

Actor (1934-1979)

*May 31st, 1934, Binghamton †June 2nd, 1979, Los Angeles

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

77

Soizic Corne

Journalist , radio and TV host, producer and painter

*May 31st, 1946, Quimperlé

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

89

Frei Otto

German architect (1925-2015)

*May 31st, 1925, Siegmar †March 9th, 2015, Leonberg

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

82

William Nordhaus

American economist

*May 31st, 1941, Albuquerque

33

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

*May 31st, 1984, Berlin †May 22nd, 2018

73

Gregory Harrison

American actor

*May 31st, 1950, Avalon

77

Luís Carlos Miele

Brazilian actor, producer and director

*May 31st, 1938, São Paulo †October 14th, 2015, Rio de Janeiro

51

Raúl Gómez Jattin

Colombian poet (1945-1997)

*May 31st, 1945, Cartagena de Indias †May 22nd, 1997, Cartagena de Indias

37

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer

*May 31st, 1986, Varsseveld

72

Edgar Savisaar

Estonian politician

*May 31st, 1950, Harku Rural Municipality †December 29th, 2022, East Tallinn Central Hospital

71

Henri Emmanuelli

French politician (1945-2017)

*May 31st, 1945, Eaux-Bonnes †March 21st, 2017, Bayonne

Also born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

75

Donna Karan

American fashion designer

*October 2nd, 1948, New York City

75

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

76

Féodor Atkine

French actor

*February 27th, 1948, Paris

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

75

George R. R. Martin

American writer and television producer

*September 20th, 1948, Bayonne

Svetlana Aleksievich