List of Famous people born on August 31st

Christopher Katongo is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, he amassed over 100 caps between 2003 and 2016 for the Zambia national team. He is an Africa Cup of Nations winner and won the BBC's African Footballer of the Year award in 2012, winning just over 40% of the public vote. His win is stated to have inspired a number of young players in Zambia.

Dean Malcolm Barkley is an American attorney and politician who briefly served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2002 to 2003. A founder and chair of the Minnesota Reform Party, he chaired Jesse Ventura's successful 1998 gubernatorial campaign. Ventura subsequently appointed him director of the state's Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning, and appointed Barkley to the U.S. Senate after the death of Paul Wellstone. Barkley ran as the Independence Party's candidate for the Senate in 2008, finishing third as Democrat Al Franken defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman by 312 votes.

Vladimir Imamovich Norov is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and the current Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. He was appointed to this position on July 12, 2006 and served until December 2010. He was appointed to his current position on June 10, 2018 at the 2018 SCO summit and took office on New Year's Day in 2019.

Eusebius Joseph Beltran is an American prelate. He served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1993 until 2010, and is now archbishop emeritus. Prior to his appointment to Oklahoma City, Beltran was bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1978 to 1992.

Victor Joe Alexander is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at 6'10" tall, and 265 pounds (120 kg) in weight, he played as a center and power forward.

Wallace Edgar "Mickey" Johnson is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player.

Nikodimos "Nikki" Papavasiliou is a Cypriot football manager and former international midfielder. He was the manager of Greek Super League club Panionios. Aside from playing and managing, Papavasiliou's background includes scouting and Academy management. He was the first Cypriot to play in the FA Premier League.