Biographies: May 31
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May 31, 1443 — June 29, 1509
Margaret Beaufort
Margaret Beaufort was the mother of King Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509)...
August 14, 1688 — May 31, 1740
Frederick William I
Frederick William I was the second Prussian king, who transformed...
May 31, 1894 — March 17, 1956
Fred Allen
Fred Allen was an American humorist whose laconic style, dry wit,...
November 29, 1915 — May 31, 1967
Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn was an American pianist and composer who spent his...
November 1, 1889 — May 31, 1978
Hannah Höch
Hannah Höch was a German artist, the only woman associated with the...
May 31, 1557 — January 17, 1598
Fyodor I
Fyodor I was the tsar of Russia (1584–98) whose death ended the rule...
May 31, 1841 — June 24, 1922
William Rockefeller
William Rockefeller was an American industrialist and financier, a...
May 31, 1860 — January 22, 1942
Walter Richard Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert was a painter and printmaker who was a pivotal...