May 31 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is May 31, your zodiac sign is Gemini ♊, your birthstone is Emerald and your birth flower is Lily of the valley or Hawthorn. You share your birthday with Walt Whitman and Clint Eastwood.
- Zodiac sign
- ♊ Gemini
- Element
- Air
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Birthstone
- Emerald
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, Hawthorn
- Day of year
- 151st
- Popularity
- 326th of 366
- Half birthday
- November 30
- Next May 31
- May 31
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May 31 zodiac: Gemini ♊
People born on May 31 fall under Gemini, the 3rd sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from May 21 to June 20. Gemini is a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury, and its symbol is the twins.
Gemini, the Twins, is the sign of conversation and curiosity. In astrology it is linked with ideas, language and variety, and Geminis are often pictured as lively people who can talk to anyone about anything.
Famous people born on May 31
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on May 31, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1819American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
- Born 1930American actor and film director (born 1930)
- Born 1948Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)
- Born 1963Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–2026) (born 1963)
- Born 1887French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)
- Born 1989German association football player (born 1989)
- Born 1976Irish actor (born 1976)
- Born 1965U.S. model and actress
- Born 19454th President of Ivory Coast
- Born 1911French economist (1911–2010)
- Born 1962Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru from 2022 to 2025
- Born 1931American physicist (1931-2019)
- Born 1912Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997) (death at 85 years)
- Born 1923Prince of Monaco from 1949 to 2005
- Born 2001Polish tennis player (born 2001)
- Born 1773German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853)
- Born 1948English drummer (1948–1980)
- Born 1908American actor (1908–1993)
- Born 1941American economist (1941-)
- Born 1973Russian singer
- Born 1970Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1970)
- Born 1892Russian writer (1892–1968)
- Born 1872American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1872–1973)
- Born 1925German architect (1925-2015)
- Born 1921Italian actress (1921–2006)
- Born 1883Finnish politician; the 2nd President of Finland (1883–1942)
- Born 1941American physiologist
- Born 1916British-American historian (1916–2018)
- Born 2003Slovenian association football player (born 2003)
- Born 1967French actress, film director and screenwriter
- Born 1961American actress
- Born 1640King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1669-1673)
- Born 1862Russian artist (1862-1942)
- Born 1991American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman (born 1991)
- Born 1981Italian association football player
- Born 1852German microbiologist (1852–1921)
- Born 1989Danish association football player
- Born 1989Dutch association football player
- Born 1995Japanese association football player
- Born 1959Italian racing driver (1959-2014)
May 31 birthstone
Emerald (green). Emerald is linked with rebirth, love and wisdom, and it was a favourite of Cleopatra.
May 31 birthday facts
- May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years), leaving 214 days until the end of the year.
- May 31 is the 326th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,757 babies born on an average May 31(4% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, May 31 birthdays fall in spring. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in autumn.
- Babies born on May 31 were most likely conceived around September 8 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is November 30, six months after May 31.
- May 31 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is May 31?
May 31 falls under Gemini ♊, which runs from May 21 to June 20.
What is the birthstone for May 31?
The birthstone for May 31 is Emerald, the May birthstone. The May birth flowers are Lily of the valley and Hawthorn.
Who are famous people born on May 31?
Famous people born on May 31 include Walt Whitman (1819), Clint Eastwood (1930), Svetlana Alexievich (1948), Viktor Orbán (1963), Saint-John Perse (1887), Marco Reus (1989).
How common is a May 31 birthday?
May 31 is the 326th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,757 babies born on an average May 31.
What day of the year is May 31?
May 31 is the 151st day of the year in common years and the 152nd day in leap years.