Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 31
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[edit] Births
- 12 - Gaius Caligula, (pictured) Roman Emperor (d. 41)
- 161 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)
- 1569 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)
- 1821 - Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (d. 1894)
- 1913 - Sir Bernard Lovell, British radio astronomer
- 1928 - James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1938 - Martin Bell, British journalist
- 1949 - Richard Gere, American actor
- 1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hizballah
- 1968 - Hideo Nomo, baseball pitcher
- 1970 - Queen Rania of Jordan
- 1972 - Chris Tucker, American actor
[edit] Deaths
