Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 31

Births

 * AD 12 - Gaius Caligula, (pictured) Roman Emperor (d. AD 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 (d. 2012)
 * 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

Deaths

 * 651 - Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
 * 1422 - King Henry V of England (b. 1387)
 * 1867 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (b. 1821)
 * 1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
 * 1888 - Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, widely believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1845)
 * 1969 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
 * 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
 * 2006 - Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)