Every yearMay 31
Everything May 31 celebrates
Nothing falls on May 31 every year. 1 rule-dated observance lands on it in some years.
No observance falls on May 31 every year.
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on May 31 in some years.
Memorial Day — 2027 and 2032
Born on May 31
Historic figures
- Walt Whitman1819–1892American poet, essayist, and journalist
- Pope Pius XI1857–1939Head of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
- Saint-John Perse1887–1975French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate
- Maurice Allais1911–2010French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- John Robert Schrieffer1931–2019American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Manuel I of Portugal1469–1521King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521
- Chien-Shiung Wu1912–1997Chinese-American experimental physicist
- Rainier III of Monaco1923–2005Prince of Monaco
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder1945–1982German actor, director, and screenwriter
- Ludwig Tieck1773–1853German poet, author, and critic
Celebrities & public figures
- Clint Eastwoodb. 1930American actor
- Viktor Orbánb. 1963Hungarian politician
- Colin Farrellb. 1976Irish actor
- Brooke Shieldsb. 1965American model
- Svetlana Alexievichb. 1948Belarusian journalist and author
- Iga Świątekb. 2001Polish tennis player
- Marco Reusb. 1989German footballer
- Tom Berengerb. 1949American actor
- Lea Thompsonb. 1961American actress
- Dina Boluarteb. 1962Peruvian politician
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers May 31 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see May 31, 2027.
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