List of Famous people born on August 31st

Simon Ghraichy is a French pianist of Lebanese and Mexican heritage, living in Paris, France.

Thierry Champion is a former professional tennis player from France.

Faber Cañaveral Rentería is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Santa Rita.

Jacques Bonsergent was a French engineer who was executed by firing squad on 23 December 1940. Bonsergent's execution has been described as the first execution of a French civilian in the German occupation of France in World War II.

Eduard Müller is an Austrian politician and author. He served as Minister of Finance in 2019. He also managed the Ministry of Civil Service and Sports.

Allen John is a German professional golfer. He is profoundly deaf. He became a professional golfer in 2011 and played on the Challenge Tour in 2012. He was re-instated as an amateur in 2016. He represented Germany at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics when golf was included in the Summer Deaflympics for the first time and competed in the men's individual golf event securing a gold medal. Since 2018, John has returned to the professional ranks.

Leonid Grigoryevich Ivashov is a Russian military and public official. He is President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems and a retired Colonel-General.

Stefan Brasas is a German football trainer and former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Jonathan LaPaglia is an Australian-American actor known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Detective Tommy McNamara in New York Undercover.

Yves Roucaute is a French philosopher, Phd, Phd (philosophy), writer, professeur agrégé in philosophy, professeur agrégé in political science, teaching at Paris X University Nanterre, Previous President of the scientific Council of the "Institut National des Hautes Etudes de Securité et de Justice", director of the review "Cahiers de la Sécurité", counsellor of the "réformateurs" group at the French National Assembly. He has held a number of positions in cabinet ministers of right-wing governments, and is a close friend of Alain Madelin, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, and Nicolas Sarkozy. He is also a journalist and columnist He was editing director of some newspapers and he is the owner of newspaper in the south of France and minority stockholder of some others. He is the majority stockholder of "Contemporary Bookstore" SAS.