Authors Born on May 31
- Georg Herwegh Poet, 1817
- George R. Stewart Historian, 1895
- George Woolf Jockey, 1910
- Hanin Elias Artist, 1972
- Henry M. Jackson Politician, 1912
- Huston Smith Scholar, 1919
- Jake Peavy Baseball Player, 1981
- Jim Bolger Politician, 1935
- Joe Namath American Football Player, 1943
- John Bonham Musician, 1948
- John Connolly Writer, 1968
- John Henry Bonham Musician, 1948
- John Prescott Politician, 1938
- Jonathan Tucker Actor, 1982
- Judith Wright Poet, 1915
- Khil Raj Regmi Politician, 1949
- Kyle Secor Actor, 1957
- Larry Bucshon Politician, 1962
- Lea Thompson Actress, 1961
- Ludwig Tieck Poet, 1773
- Lynne Truss Author, 1955
- Marilyn Tavenner Public Servant, 1951
- Marty Sampson Singer-Songwriter, 1979
- Maurice Allais Physicist, 1911
- Merle Dandridge Actress, 1975
- Nash Buckingham Author, 1880
- Nate Robinson Basketball Player, 1984
- Nick Rogers Football Player, 1979
- Nicola Formichetti Designer, 1977
- Norman Vincent Peale Author, 1898
- Normani Kordei Hamilton Singer, 1996
- Paolo Sorrentino Film Director, 1970
- Patti Stanger Businesswoman, 1961
- Pepe Eliaschev Journalist, 1945
- Peter Yarrow Musician, 1938
- Phil Keoghan Television Presenter, 1967
- Phillipa Soo Actress, 1990
- Phyllis Bottome Novelist, 1884
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder Screenwriter, 1945
- Regina Brett Author, 1956