Died On May 31st

Discover the most famous people who died on May 31. The list includes people like Adolf Eichmann, Joseph Haydn, Jack Dempsey, Elizabeth Blackwell, Évariste Galois. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, renaissance painters and actors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & Canada and many more countries.
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Jack Dempsey
(One of the Most Popular Boxers in American History)
Jack Dempsey
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 24, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Manassa, Colorado, United States
Died: 1983

Acknowledged by his rivals as a remarkable hitter, Jack Dempsey was an American heavyweight boxing champion who was known for his powerful punches. The record attendance at his bouts was an indication of his popularity. He was considered as one of the greatest fighters of all time. Born poor and nicknamed Kid Blackie, Jack Dempsey went on to become one of the richest athletes during his time.

 2 
Joseph Haydn
(Composer of the Classical Period Known As 'Father of the Symphony' & 'Father of the String Quartet')
Joseph Haydn
16
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 31, 1732
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rohrau, Austria
Died: 1809

Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer who played a key role in the progression of chamber music during the Classical period. He is often referred to as the Father of the String Quartet and Father of the Symphony for his contributions to musical form. Joseph Haydn is also credited with mentoring and tutoring Mozart and Beethoven, respectively.

 3 
Jean Stapleton
6
Birthdate: January 19, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Died: 2013

Jean Stapleton was an American actress best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker in the popular sitcom, All in the Family, for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and three Emmy Awards. In 2002, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame as well as the Television Hall of Fame.

 4 
Timothy Francis Leary
(American Psychologist and Writer Known for His Strong Advocacy of Psychedelic Drugs)
Timothy Francis Leary
9
Birthdate: October 22, 1920
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1996

Psychologist and former Harvard professor Timothy Leary was an advocate of psychedelic drugs. His research experiments included the controversial Concord Prison Experiment and Marsh Chapel Experiment. After being fired from Harvard for his actions, he continued promoting his theories through catchphrases such as “turn on, tune in, drop out.”

 5 
Elizabeth Blackwell
(First Woman Medical Graduate)
Elizabeth Blackwell
5
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: February 3, 1821
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bristol
Died: 1910
 6 
Évariste Galois
(Mathematician)
Évariste Galois
10
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 25, 1811
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bourg-la-Reine, French Empire
Died: 1832

Évariste Galois was a French mathematician best remembered for solving a 350-year-old problem when he was still in his teens. His work formed the basis for group theory and Galois theory, two important branches of abstract algebra. Also a political activist, Évariste Galois died at the age of 20 after suffering wounds in a duel.

 7 
Arlene Francis
(Actress & Radio Talk Show Host)
Arlene Francis
3
Birthdate: October 20, 1907
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2001
 8 
Mary Soames
(Youngest Child of Winston Churchill)
Mary Soames
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 15, 1922
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chartwell
Died: 2014

Mary Soames was a British author and the youngest child of Winston Churchill and Clementine. From 1939 to 1941, Soames worked for several public organizations, such as the Women's Voluntary Service and Red Cross. She then joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1945, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), in recognition of meritorious military services.

 9 
Frederick William I of Prussia
(Former King of Prussia (1713 - 1740))
Frederick William I of Prussia
2
Birthdate: August 14, 1688
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1740

The Soldier King Frederick William I of Prussia is remembered for transforming his nation into a prosperous state. He was known for his simple lifestyle, as opposed to his father’s kingly excesses. His experience at the War of the Spanish Succession led him to strengthen Prussia militarily, too.

 10 
Jennifer Worth
(British Nurse, Midwife, and Memoirist)
Jennifer Worth
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 25, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England
Died: 2011

Jennifer Worth was a British memoirist best remembered for her best-selling trilogy: Call the Midwife, Farewell to The East End, and Shadows of the Workhouse. The trilogy, which is about Jennifer Worth's experience as a nurse and midwife in East End of London during the 1950s, inspired the popular TV series, Call the Midwife. 

 11 
Martha Hyer
(Actress)
Martha Hyer
3
Birthdate: August 10, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Died: 2014
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 12 
Arlene Golonka
0
Birthdate: January 23, 1936
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 13 
Tintoretto
(One of the Most Important Artists of the Late Renaissance)
Tintoretto
2
Birthdate: 1518 AD
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 1594

Tintoretto, also known as Il Furioso, was a significant painter of the Venetian school and is remembered for his phenomenal speed of painting, his long strokes, and his depiction of humans in motion. His most notable works, such as Susanna in the Bath, embody Renaissance mannerism.

 14 
Millvina Dean
(Cartographer)
Millvina Dean
10
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 2, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London
Died: 2009
 15 
Johnnie Taylor
(Songwriter)
Johnnie Taylor
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Crawfordsville, Arkansas, United States
Died: 2000
 16 
Louise Bourgeois
(Artist Best Known for Her Large-Scale Sculpture and Installation Art)
Louise Bourgeois
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 25, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2010

Louise Bourgeois was a French-American artist best remembered for her large-scale installation art and sculpture. Also a prolific printmaker and painter, Bourgeois explored a variety of themes, such as sexuality and death. In 1997, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 2009, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

 17 
Billy Strayhorn
(Former Jazz artist known for this three-decade collaboration with Duke Ellington)
Billy Strayhorn
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 29, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: 1967
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 18 
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff
(Artist)
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff
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Birthdate: June 13, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Died: 2020
 19 
Martha Mitchell
(Political Activists)
Martha Mitchell
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 2, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Died: 1976
 20 
Krishnakumar Kunnath
(Indian Playback Singer)
Krishnakumar Kunnath
5
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 23, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Delhi, India
Died: 2022
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 21 
Lloyd Wright
(Architect)
Lloyd Wright
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Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: March 31, 1890
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died: 1978

American architect Lloyd Wright is best remembered for his Prairie style of architecture predominant in the 20th-century American residential buildings. A proponent of organic architecture, he also delivered talks on architecture. He made headlines when a staff set fire to his Taliesin studio and murdered seven people.

 22 
Eliphas Levi
(French Ceremonial Magician, Occultist and Author of 19th Century Book 'Transcendental Magic')
Eliphas Levi
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 8, 1810
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1875
Alphonse Louis Constant, better known by his pseudonym, Eliphas Levi, had abandoned his wish to become a Catholic priest to become a famed magician, occultist, and author of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his iconic work Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual and his theory of magic. 
 23 
Roky Erickson
(Singer-songwriter)
Roky Erickson
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 15, 1947
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Austin
Died: 2019
 24 
Robert Quine
(Guitarist)
Robert Quine
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 30, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: 2004
 25 
Mike Marshall
(Baseball player)
Mike Marshall
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 15, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Adrian, Michigan, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 26 
William Castle
(Film Director)
William Castle
1
Birthdate: April 24, 1914
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: 1977
 27 
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
(samurai)
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 25, 1358
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kyoto
Died: 1408

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, a shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, unlike his predecessors, was associated with the imperial bureaucracy. His reign witnessed major revolts, while he successfully crushed the pirates and feudal lords who threatened China, thus rekindling Sino-Japanese trade relations. The Chinese recognized him as the King of Japan.

 28 
Fathia Nkrumah
(First Lady)
Fathia Nkrumah
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 22, 1932
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: El-Zaytoun, Egypt
Died: 2007
 29 
Danny La Rue
(Singer)
Danny La Rue
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 26, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: 2009
 30 
Edith Hamilton
(Educator)
Edith Hamilton
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 12, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dresden, Saxony
Died: 1963
 31 
Petronius Maximus
(Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455)
Petronius Maximus
1
Birthdate: 0397 AD
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 0455
 32 
Jean Lannes
(War General)
Jean Lannes
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 10, 1769
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lectoure, France
Died: 1809
 33 
Stanley Elkin
(Novelist)
Stanley Elkin
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 11, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1995
 34 
Davor Dujmović
(Actor)
Davor Dujmović
1
Birthdate: September 20, 1969
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: 1999
 35 
Isaac I Komnenos
(Military officer)
Isaac I Komnenos
0
Birthdate: 1007 AD
Birthplace: Constantinople
Died: 1061
 36 
Colleen Madamombe
(Sculptor)
Colleen Madamombe
0
Birthdate: 1964 AD
Birthplace: Harare, Zimbabwe
Died: 2009
 37 
Mohamed Abdelaziz
(President)
Mohamed Abdelaziz
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 17, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Marrakesh, Morocco
Died: 2016
 38 
Sunanda Kumariratana
(Queen)
Sunanda Kumariratana
3
Birthdate: November 10, 1860
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: 1880
 39 
Géza II of Hungary
(King of Hungary and Croatia (1141 - 1162))
Géza II of Hungary
0
Birthdate: 1130 AD
Birthplace: Tolna
Died: 1162

The eldest son of Béla the Blind, Géza II was a child when his father died and began ruling as the king of Hungary and Croatia under the guidance of his mother and his uncle, Beloš. He later allied with Louis VII of France and also encouraged foreign trade.

 40 
Corry Brokken
(Dutch Singer, Television Presenter and Jurist)
Corry Brokken
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 3, 1932
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Breda, Netherlands
Died: 2016
 41 
Angus Wilson
(Novelist)
Angus Wilson
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 11, 1913
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bexhill, England
Died: 1991
 42 
Thomas Chalmers
(Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh From 1835 to 1842)
Thomas Chalmers
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 17, 1780
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Anstruther, Fife, Scotland
Died: 1847

Scottish Presbyterian minister and political economist Thomas Chalmers has been immortalized by the town of Port Chalmers in New Zealand, named after him. An ordained minister, he was initially a math lecturer. He later became the Free Church of Scotland’s first moderator. He tried applying Christian ethics to economic problems.

 43 
Owen Lattimore
(Author)
Owen Lattimore
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 29, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: 1989
 44 
Anil Biswas
(Playback Singer)
Anil Biswas
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 7, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Barishal, Bangladesh, India
Died: 2003
 45 
Willem Elsschot
(Writer)
Willem Elsschot
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 7, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: 1960
 46 
Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui
(Spanish novelist)
Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 21, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Portugalete, Spain
Died: 1982

Spanish author Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui was primarily known for his novels and short stories that reflected the life of Bilbao and Madrid. A Spanish Academy member, he is remembered for masterpieces such as El premio and El supremo bien and for his realistic narrative.

 47 
Dan van Husen
(Actor)
Dan van Husen
0
Birthdate: April 30, 1945
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gummersbach, Germany
Died: 2020
 48 
Charles Lee Remington
(Entomologist)
Charles Lee Remington
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 19, 1922
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Reedville, Virginia, United States
Died: 2007
 49 
Rosemary Verey
(Designer)
Rosemary Verey
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chatham, England
Died: 2001
 50 
Martin of Aragon
(King)
Martin of Aragon
1
Birthdate: July 29, 1356
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Girona, Spain
Died: 1410