Famous People Who Died In 1931
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1931. This list includes people like Thomas Edison, Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Lili Elbe, Ida B. Wells and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, poets, political leaders and philosophers who died in 1931. This list includes people from United States, Germany, France & Sweden and many more countries.
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Thomas Edison(Inventor of Phonograph, Motion Picture Camera and Early Version of the Electric Light Bulb)
Birthdate: February 11, 1847
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Milan, Ohio, United States
Died: October 18
2
Ida B. Wells(Women's Rights Activist and Civil Rights Leader)
Birthdate: July 16, 1862
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 25
Birthdate: January 6, 1883
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bsharri, Lebanon
Died: April 10
4
Bhagat Singh(Revolutionary Hero of the Indian Independence Movement)
Birthdate: September 28, 1907
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Banga, Punjab, British India
Died: March 23
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
5
Anna Pavlova(Russian Ballerina and One of the Most-Celebrated Ballet Dancers of Her Time)
Birthdate: February 12, 1881
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 23
6
Knute Rockne
(American Football Player and Coach)
Birthdate: March 4, 1888
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Voss Municipality, Norway
Died: March 31
Birthdate: May 19, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Richmond
Died: February 23
8
A'Lelia Walker
(Businesswoman)
Birthdate: June 6, 1885
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
Died: August 17
9
Chandra Shekhar Azad(Indian Revolutionary Who Reorganised Hindustan Socialist Republican Association)
Birthdate: July 23, 1906
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Badarka, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: February 27
Birthdate: September 6, 1877
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: November 4
11
John Monash(One of the Best Allied Generals of the First World War & the Most Famous Commander in Australian History)
Birthdate: June 27, 1865
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Died: October 8
12
Geli Raubal(Austrian Woman Who Was the Half-Niece of Adolf Hitler)
Birthdate: July 4, 1908
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Linz, Austria
Died: September 18
13
Bix Beiderbecke
(Musician)
Birthdate: March 10, 1903
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, United States
Died: August 6
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: January 18, 1856
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 4
15
Joseph Joffre(Commander-in-Chief of French Forces During the World War I)
Birthdate: January 12, 1852
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rivesaltes, France
Died: January 3
16
Gustave Le Bon
(Physician, Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Psychologist, Philosopher, Historian, Sociologist)
Birthdate: May 7, 1841
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nogent-le-Rotrou
Died: December 13
17
Omar Mukhtar
(Ruler of Zawiyat Ayn Kalk)
Birthdate: August 20, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zawiyat Zanzur, Libya
Died: September 16
18
F. W. Murnau
(Film director)
Birthdate: December 28, 1888
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bielefeld, Germany
Died: March 11
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
Birthdate: February 27, 1863
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 26
20
Arthur Schnitzler
(Austrian Playwright and Novelist )
Birthdate: May 15, 1862
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 21
Birthdate: December 19, 1852
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Strzelno, Poland
Died: May 9
22
Charles Comiskey
(American Major League Baseball Player and Founding Owner of the 'Chicago White Sox')
Birthdate: August 15, 1859
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: October 26
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
23
Eugène Ysaÿe
(Belgian Virtuoso Violinist and Composer Regarded as 'The King of the Violin')
Birthdate: July 16, 1858
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Liège, Belgium
Died: May 12
Birthdate: May 10, 1848
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: October 2
25
Carin Göring
(Swedish first wife of Hermann Göring)
Birthdate: October 21, 1888
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: October 17
26
Nicolae Paulescu
(Romanian Scientist Known for His Research on 'Insulin' and His Anti-Semitic Writings)
Birthdate: October 30, 1869
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: July 17
27
Daniel Chester French
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: April 20, 1850
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Exeter
Died: October 7
28
Charles Algernon Parsons
(Anglo-Irish Engineer Best Known for His Invention of the 'Compound Steam Turbine')
Birthdate: June 13, 1854
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 11
29
Theo van Doesburg
(Dutch Artist Best Known as the Founder and Leader of 'De Stijl')
Birthdate: August 30, 1883
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Utrecht, Netherlands
Died: March 7
30
David Belasco
(Theatrical Producer)
Birthdate: July 25, 1853
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: May 14
31
Henry Gauthier-Villars
(Writer)
Birthdate: August 8, 1859
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Villiers-sur-Orge, France
Died: January 12
Birthdate: November 10, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: December 5
33
Charles Studd
(British Cricketer)
Birthdate: December 2, 1860
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Spratton, England
Died: July 16
34
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
(Finnish Painter, Remembered for His Landscapes and Illustrations on the Epic Poetry 'Kalevala')
Birthdate: April 26, 1865
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pori, Finland
Died: March 7
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
35
Sukhdev Thapar
(Indian Revolutionary Who Was Involved in the Assassination of Assistant Superintendent of Police, J. P. Saunders)
Birthdate: May 15, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Punjab, India
Died: March 23
36
Ban Johnson
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: January 5, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Norwalk, Ohio, United States
Died: March 28
37
Martinus Beijerinck
(Microbiologist)
Birthdate: March 16, 1851
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: January 1
38
Armand Fallières
(Former President of France)
Birthdate: November 6, 1841
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mézin, France
Died: June 22
Birthdate: July 24, 1843
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Albano Laziale, Italy
Died: February 10
40
Mohammad Ali Jauhar
(Indian Muslim Activist and One of the Founders of 'The All-India Muslim League')
Birthdate: December 10, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: January 4
Birthdate: January 15, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Haining, Zhejiang, China
Died: November 19
Birthdate: January 10, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vojčice, Slovakia
Died: November 27
43
William Orpen
(Irish Artist)
Birthdate: November 27, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 29
44
Otto Wallach(German Chemist Who was Awarded Nobel Prize for His Work on Alicyclic Compounds)
Birthdate: March 27, 1847
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Königsberg
Died: February 26
45
Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi
(Japanese Industrialist Who Spearheaded the Introduction of Western Capitalism to Japan)
Birthdate: March 16, 1840
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Musashi, Japan
Died: November 11
Birthdate: February 19, 1897
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: January 21
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: May 6, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Agra
Died: February 6
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Starr Faithfull
(Socialite)
Birthdate: January 27, 1906
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States
Died: June 6
Birthdate: March 27, 1851
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 2
50
Isaac Newton Lewis
(Officer)
Birthdate: October 12, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Salem Borough, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 9
