List of Famous people born on August 31st

A. Anne McLellan is a Canadian academic and politician. She was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, serving most recently as the ninth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006.

Marina Alabau Neira is a Spanish sailor. She has won a gold medal, one silver medal in 2006 and two bronze medals at the Windsurfing World Championships. She also won five gold medals at the European Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the RS:X competition.

Shirley Ann Jackson, is an American physicist, and the eighteenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African-American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is also the second African-American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in physics.

Duane Eddy Washington Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the older brother of Derek Fisher and the father of current Ohio State point guard Duane Washington Jr.

Léo Coly is a French rugby union player. His position is scrum-half and he currently plays for Montpellier in the Top 14.

Matt Wilkinson is a British actor, playwright and director.