List of Famous people born on May 31st

Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony was the mother of Emperor Charles I of Austria and the fifth child of George of Saxony and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal.

David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow,, was a British naval commander and colonial governor. He served as Governor of New Zealand between 1892 and 1897.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Peter Fleming was a British adventurer, journalist, soldier and travel writer. He was the elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond.

Jean-François Gillet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Standard Liège as a goalkeeper. At international level, he was a member of the Belgian squad that took part at UEFA Euro 2016.

Anna Ternheim is a Swedish singer-songwriter.

Alphonse Pénaud, was a 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering. He was the originator of the use of twisted rubber to power model aircraft, and his 1871 model airplane, which he called the Planophore, was the first aerodynamically stable flying model. He went on to design a full-sized aircraft with many advanced features, but was unable to get any support for the project, and eventually committed suicide in 1880, aged 30.

Tasso Adamopoulos was a French violist of Greek origin. Adamopoulos, who had cancer, died in Paris on 3 January 2021 after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.