Svetlana Alexievich (born May 31, 1948) Belarusian historian, 2015 Literature Nobel Prize – The Chernobyl Prayer: Chronicles of the Future (aka Voices from Chernobyl)
Judith Wright (born May 31, 1915) Australian poet, environmentalist, human rights activist
Douglas Stuart (born May 31, 1976) Scottish novelist - Shuggie Bain (2019)
Walt Whitman (born May 31, 1819) U.S. poet