May 31: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is May 31st your birthday? Was someone special to you born on May 31st? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. May 31st was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

May 31st Birthdays: Famous Artists

American painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly (Palisade, Pole and West Coast Landscape) was born on May 31, 1923.

Walter Richard Sickert, German painter (The Cigarette, A French Kitchen and Hamlet), was born on May 31, 1860.

May 31st Birthdays: Famous Athletes

American football Hall of Famer Joe Namath was born on May 31, 1943.

Bent Peter Rasch, Danish canoeist and Olympic gold medalist (1952), was born on May 31, 1934.

Thor Thorvaldsen, Norwegian yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist (1948 and 1952), was born on May 31, 1909.

May 31st Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Norman Vincent Peale, American author (The Power of Positive Thinking) and Protestant clergyman, was born on May 31, 1898.

Walt Whitman, American poet (Leaves of Grass), was born on May 31, 1819.

May 31st Birthday: Famous Business Leaders

William Worall Mayo, British-born physician and founder of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was born on May 31, 1819.

May 31st Birthdays: Famous Performers

American actor Don Ameche (Cocoon, Coming to America, Corrina - Corrina, Homeward Bound Swanee River and Trading Places) was born on May 31, 1908.

Tom Berenger, American actor, (Betrayed, The Big Chill, Gettysburg, Platoon, Sniper and Someone to Watch Over Me), was born on May 31, 1949.

Clint Eastwood, American actor (The Bridges of Madison County, Bronco Billy, Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz, Firefox, Outlaw Josey Wales and Play Misty for Me), film director (Absolute Power, Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven), Oscar winner and former mayor of Carmel, California, was born on May 31, 1930.

British actor Denholm Elliott (Alfie, Cuba, A Doll's House and King Rat) was born on May 31, 1922.

Colin Farrell, Irish actor (Alexander, Miami Vice, Minority Report and The Recruit), was born on May 31, 1976.