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.
Thomas Edison11 February 1847, American
Inventor, Businessman
Bhagat Singh27 September 1907, Indian
Revolutionary
Chandra Shekhar Azad23 July 1906, Indian
Revolutionary
Lili Elbe28 December 1882, Danish
One of the first recipients of sex reassignment
Geli Raubal04 June 1908, Austrian, Hungarian
Hitler’s Niece
Buddy Bolden06 September 1877, American
Musical Artist
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Salvatore Maranzano31 July 1886, American
Mafia Boss
Joe Masseria17 January 1887, Italian, American
Mafia Boss
Anna Pavlova12 February 1881, Russian
Khalil Gibran06 January 1883, Lebanese
Artist
John Monash27 June 1865, Australian
Civil engineer
Nellie Melba19 May 1861, Australian
Opera Singer
Joseph Joffre12 January 1852, French
French general
Albert A. Michelson19 December 1852, American
Physicist
Otto Wallach27 March 1847, German
Chemist
Motilal Nehru06 May 1861
Lawyer
Peter Kürten26 May 1883, German
Criminal, Serial killer
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca1854 AD, Jordanian, Turkish
King
Omar Mukhtar20 August 1861, Libyan
Ruler of Senussi Zawiyas
Bix Beiderbecke10 March 1903, American
Composer, Trumpeter, Jazz musician, Pianist
Knute Rockne04 March 1888, American
Head coach, American football player
George Herbert Mead27 February 1863, American
Philosopher, Sociologist, Psychologist, University
F. W. Murnau28 December 1888, German
Film director, Screenwriter
Gustave Le Bon07 May 1841, French
Physician, Anthropologist, Archaeologist,
Melvil Dewey10 December 1851, American
Librarian, Resort developer, Reformer
Daniel Hale Williams18 January 1856, American
cardiologist
Arthur Schnitzler15 May 1862, Austrian
Writer, Playwright, Physician, Screenwriter,
Carl Nielsen09 June 1865, Danish
Conductor, Composer, Choreographer,
Carin Göring21 October 1888, Swedish
Daniel Chester French20 April 1850, American
Sculptor
Theo van Doesburg30 August 1883, Dutch
Poet, Painter, Architect, Writer, Graphic
Tom Roberts09 March 1856, Australian
Artist, Painter
Giovanni Boldini31 December 1842
Painter
Charles Studd02 December 1860, British
Cricketer, Author, Missionary
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David Starr Jordan19 January 1851, American
Botanist, Peace activist, Zoologist,
Akseli Gallen-Kallela26 April 1865, Finnish
Finnish painter
Thomas Alva Edison11 February 1847, American
Charles Algernon Parsons13 June 1854, British
Engineer, Inventor
Martinus Beijerinck16 March 1851
Biologist, Microbiologist, University teacher,
Wilson Bentley09 February 1865, American
Farmer, Photographer, Meteorologist
Eugene de Blaas24 July 1843
Painter
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet22 July 1862, Scottish
Nathan Söderblom15 January 1866, Swedish
Archbishop
Erik Axel Karlfeldt20 July 1864, Swedish
Swedish poet
Viktor Dyk31 December 1877, Czech
Poet
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau28 December 1888, American
Director
F.W. Murnau1888 AD, American
Director
Wilhelm Humboldt18 September 1856, German
Kenneth Rockne04 March 1888, Norwegian, American
American Football coach, Coach, American football