Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/March 31

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[edit] Births

• 1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician (d. 1650) (pictured)
• 1732 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)
• 1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian fashion designer
• 1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor
• 1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor

[edit] Deaths

• 1631 - John Donne, English writer and prelate (b. 1572)
• 1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1643)
• 1855 - Charlotte Brontë, English author (b. 1816)
• 1945 - Anne Frank, German-born diarist (b. 1929)
• 1980 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (b. 1913)