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March 31 2016

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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on March 31 Died on March 31 On This Day Day Lookup

Days alive

9,862

🇦🇺Angus Young

Guitarist · b. 1955

Days alive

22,281

🇺🇸Armond Hill

basketball player · b. 1953

Days alive

23,011

🇺🇸Brody Eldridge

player of American football · b. 1987

Days alive

10,593

🇺🇸Bruce Clark

All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman, defensive end · b. 1957

Days alive

21,550

🇧🇷César Sampaio

Brazilian association football player · b. 1968

Days alive

17,532

🇺🇸Christopher Walken

Film actor · b. 1943

Days alive

26,664

🇬🇧Connor Wickham

English association football player (born 1993) · b. 1993

Days alive

8,401

🇮🇹Dejan Koturović

basketball player · b. 1972

Days alive

16,071

Dick Bird

deceased

British priest (1933-2010) · 1933–2010

Days lived

28,187

🇨🇴Edmar Castañeda

Colombian musician · b. 1978

Days alive

13,880

🇳🇱Edo Buma

Dutch field hockey player · b. 1946

Days alive

25,568

🇺🇸Ewan McGregor

Scottish actor · b. 1971

Days alive

16,437

F.C. Krarup

deceased

Danish theologian · 1852–1931

Days lived

29,124

🇩🇪Heinz Gerischer

deceased

chemist · 1919–1994

Days lived

27,561

🇫🇮Henri Laaksonen

Swiss-Finnish tennis player · b. 1992

Days alive

8,766

🇩🇪Hermann Höcherl

deceased

Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany (1912-1989) · 1912–1989

Days lived

28,172

🇺🇸Jack Antonoff

singer · b. 1984

Days alive

11,688

🇺🇸Jack Johnson

deceased

American boxer (1878–1946) · 1878–1946

Days lived

24,907

🇺🇸Jamie Brown

film director · b. 1977

Days alive

14,245

🇩🇪Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer

deceased

German Methodist missionary (1881–1952) · 1881–1952

Days lived

26,130

🇬🇧John Fowles

deceased

English novelist (1926–2005) · 1926–2005

Days lived

29,074

🇺🇸Kent Beck

American software engineer · b. 1961

Days alive

20,089

🇺🇸Lowell Fulson

deceased

American musician · 1921–1999

Days lived

28,464

🇸🇰Ľubomír Luhový

Slovak footballer (born 1967) · b. 1967

Days alive

17,898

🇩🇪Lutz Kayser

deceased

German space engineer (1939–2017) · 1939–2017

Days lived

28,723

Marc McClure

Actor · b. 1957

Days alive

21,550

🇩🇪Maximilian Schwedler

deceased

musician · 1853–1940

Days lived

31,701

🇬🇧Mick Ralphs

deceased

British guitarist · 1944–2025

Days lived

29,669

🇯🇵Nagisa Ōshima

deceased

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013) · 1932–2013

Days lived

29,510

🇰🇷Noh Hong-chul

entrepreneur · b. 1979

Days alive

13,515

🇲🇽Octavio Paz

deceased

philosopher · 1914–1998

Days lived

30,700

🇺🇦Oleksandr Turchynov

politician · b. 1964

Days alive

18,993

🇬🇪Omar Bliadze

deceased

athlete · 1942–2022

Days lived

29,484

🇩🇪Otto von Knobelsdorff

deceased

military person · 1886–1966

Days lived

29,423

🇺🇸Ove Johansson

deceased

American football player (1948–2023) · 1948–2023

Days lived

27,576

🇺🇸Patrick Leahy

politician · b. 1940

Days alive

27,759

🇫🇷Robert Brasillach

deceased

writer · 1909–1945

Days lived

13,096

🇩🇪Rolf Becker

deceased

actor · 1935–2025

Days lived

33,129

🇨🇭Sophie Hunger

Swiss singer-songwriter · b. 1983

Days alive

12,054

🇩🇪Sylvester Groth

German actor and tenor · b. 1958

Days alive

21,185

🇺🇸Thomas Batuello

American actor and musician · b. 1994

Days alive

8,036

🇷🇺Tõnno Lepmets

deceased

Estonian basketball player (1938–2005) · 1938–2005

Days lived

24,559

🇮🇪Victoria Smurfit

Irish actress · b. 1974

Days alive

15,341

🇧🇾Viktar Ilyin

deceased

Soviet and Belarusian scientist, rector of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (1973-2000) · 1930–2023

Days lived

34,143

🇹🇭Yanin Vismitananda

Thai actress and martial artist · b. 1984

Days alive

11,688

🇺🇸Ze Frank

artist · b. 1972

Days alive

16,071

🇩🇪Claus Jurichs

deceased

German actor and voice actor (1935-2005) · 1935–2005

Days lived

25,571

Eleanor Marx

deceased

English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898) · 1855–1898

Days lived

15,780

Emil von Behring

deceased

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin · 1854–1917

Days lived

23,026

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

deceased

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,945

🇩🇪Hans Fischer

deceased

chemist · 1881–1945

Days lived

23,257

🇨🇭Hector Hodler

deceased

journalist · 1887–1920

Days lived

11,869

🇦🇹Hedwig Schlichter

deceased

Austrian actress (1898-1984) · 1898–1984

Days lived

31,232

🇭🇺Imre Kertész

deceased

journalist · 1929–2016

Days lived

31,554

🌍John Donne

deceased

Poet

🇩🇪Klaus Tschira

deceased

entrepreneur · 1940–2015

Days lived

27,142

🇭🇺Magda Watts

deceased

artist · 1929–2019

Days lived

32,885

🇲🇽Pablo Escandón

deceased

military person · 1856–1926

Days lived

25,532

🇩🇪Reimar Lüst

deceased

German astrophysicist (1923-2020) · 1923–2020

Days lived

35,436

Rob Stolk

deceased

artist · 1946–2001

Days lived

20,156

🇺🇸Selena

deceased

actor · 1971–1995

Days lived

8,750

Tonny van Lierop

deceased

field hockey player (1910–1982) · 1910–1982

Days lived

26,126

🇩🇪Walter Schellenberg

deceased

writer · 1910–1952

Days lived

15,415

🇬🇧Zaha Hadid

deceased

artist · 1950–2016

Days lived

23,893

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,650

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,313

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,188

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,093

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,998

🇷🇺Barys Kit

deceased

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,158

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

deceased

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,420

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,938

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Boo

deceased

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,691

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,738

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,180

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,146

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,780

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,224

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,876

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,207

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,876

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,228

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,771

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,681

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,658

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

16,078

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,895

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,190

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,503

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,460

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,239

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Al Gore

🇩🇪Alexander Waske

🇩🇪Alyn Camara

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Albert Friedrich Speer

🇩🇪Christian Morgenstern

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇦🇺Angus Young

🇺🇸Armond Hill

🇺🇸Brody Eldridge

🇺🇸Bruce Clark

🇧🇷César Sampaio

🇺🇸Christopher Walken

🇬🇧Connor Wickham

🇮🇹Dejan Koturović

Dick Bird

🇨🇴Edmar Castañeda

🇳🇱Edo Buma

🇺🇸Ewan McGregor

F.C. Krarup

🇩🇪Heinz Gerischer

🇫🇮Henri Laaksonen

🇩🇪Hermann Höcherl

🇺🇸Jack Antonoff

🇺🇸Jack Johnson

🇺🇸Jamie Brown

🇩🇪Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer

🇬🇧John Fowles

🇺🇸Kent Beck

🇺🇸Lowell Fulson

🇸🇰Ľubomír Luhový

🇩🇪Lutz Kayser

Marc McClure

🇩🇪Maximilian Schwedler

🇬🇧Mick Ralphs

🇯🇵Nagisa Ōshima

🇰🇷Noh Hong-chul

🇲🇽Octavio Paz

🇺🇦Oleksandr Turchynov

🇬🇪Omar Bliadze

🇩🇪Otto von Knobelsdorff

🇺🇸Ove Johansson

🇺🇸Patrick Leahy

🇫🇷Robert Brasillach

🇩🇪Rolf Becker

🇨🇭Sophie Hunger

🇩🇪Sylvester Groth

🇺🇸Thomas Batuello

🇷🇺Tõnno Lepmets

🇮🇪Victoria Smurfit

🇧🇾Viktar Ilyin

🇹🇭Yanin Vismitananda

🇺🇸Ze Frank

🇩🇪Claus Jurichs

Eleanor Marx

Emil von Behring

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

🇩🇪Hans Fischer

🇨🇭Hector Hodler

🇦🇹Hedwig Schlichter

🇭🇺Imre Kertész

🌍John Donne

🇩🇪Klaus Tschira