Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 31

Births

 * 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1131)
 * 1443 - Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
 * 1819 - Walt Whitman, (pictured) American poet (d. 1892)
 * 1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
 * 1923 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco (d. 2005)
 * 1930 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer
 * 1943 - Joe Namath, American football player
 * 1948 - John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
 * 1976 - Colin Farrell, Irish actor
 * 1997 - Milka-Emilia Pasanen, Finnish tennis player

Deaths

 * 1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
 * 1594 - Tintoretto, Italian painter (b. 1518)
 * 1809 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732)
 * 1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b. 1821)
 * 1983 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b. 1895)
 * 1986 - Jane Frank, American artist (b. 1918)
 * 2000 - Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)

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