In the year 1931
272 Notable deaths
William Bates
American ophthalmologist (1860-1931).
Born December 27th, 1860 in Newark.
Died July 10th, 1931 at 70 years old in New York City.
George Whitefield Chadwick
American composer (1854–1931).
Born November 13th, 1854 in Lowell.
Died April 4th, 1931 at 76 years old in Boston.
Marvin Hart
American boxer (1876–1931).
Born September 16th, 1876 in Fern Creek.
Died September 17th, 1931 at 55 years old in Fern Creek.
Louise McKinney
Canadian politician (1868-1931).
Born September 22nd, 1868 in Elizabethtown-Kitley.
Died July 10th, 1931 at 62 years old in Claresholm.
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Swedish poet (1864-1931).
Born July 20th, 1864 in Folkärna. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1931 at 66 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Enrico Corradini
Italian novelist, essayist, journalist and nationalist political figure.
Born July 20th, 1865 in Montelupo Fiorentino. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1931 at 66 years old in Rome. [ref]
Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria
Austrian archduke (1863-1931).
Born October 15th, 1863 in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav.
Died September 4th, 1931 at 67 years old in Vienna.
Katharine Tynan
Irish poet.
Born February 3rd, 1861 in Dublin. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1931 at 70 years old in Wimbledon.
Constantin von Economo
Romanian psychiatrist.
Born August 21st, 1876 in Brăila.
Died October 21st, 1931 at 55 years old in Vienna.
Severino Di Giovanni
Italian anarchist, executed in argentina.
Born March 16th, 1901 in Chieti.
Died February 1st, 1931 at 29 years old in Buenos Aires (gunshot wound).
Gustaf Kossinna
German archaeologist (1858–1931).
Born September 28th, 1858 in Sovetsk.
Died December 20th, 1931 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Jaime de Borbón y Borbón-Parma
Spanish noble.
Born June 27th, 1870 in Vevey. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1931 at 61 years old in Paris (disease). [ref]
Vladimir Triandafillov
Soviet military commander and theoretician (1894-1931).
Born March 14th, 1894 in Ataköy.
Died July 12th, 1931 at 37 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz
Russian economist and statistician.
Born August 7th, 1868 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 15th, 1931 at 62 years old in Berlin.
Joan Beauchamp Procter
British zoologist and herpetologist (1897-1931).
Born August 5th, 1897 in London, Kensington Square.
Died September 20th, 1931 at 34 years old in Regent's Park.
Wilhelm Wassmuss
German diplomat and spy (1880-1931).
Born February 14th, 1880 in Ohlendorf.
Died November 29th, 1931 at 51 years old in Berlin.
Stanley Lane-Poole
British orientalist and archaeologist (1854–1931).
Born December 18th, 1854 in London.
Died December 29th, 1931 at 77 years old in London.
Alfons Maria Jakob
German neurologist.
Born July 2nd, 1884 in Aschaffenburg.
Died October 17th, 1931 at 47 years old in Hamburg.
M. Hoke Smith
American politician (1855-1931).
Born September 2nd, 1855 in Newton.
Died November 27th, 1931 at 76 years old in United States of America.
Felix Blumenfeld
Russian composer, pianist, conductor (1863-1931).
Born April 19th, 1863.
Died January 21st, 1931 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Lya De Putti
(1896-1931) actress.
Born January 10th, 1897 in Vojčice.
Died November 27th, 1931 at 34 years old in New York City (pneumonia, toxemia).
Milan Šufflay
Croatian historian, albanologist, and politician (1879-1931).
Born November 9th, 1879 in Lepoglava.
Died February 18th, 1931 at 51 years old in Zagreb.
Timothy Michael Healy
Irish politician and barrister (1855-1931).
Born May 17th, 1855 in Bantry. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1931 at 75 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Harrington Emerson
American efficiency engineer and business theorist.
Born August 2nd, 1853 in Trenton.
Died September 2nd, 1931 at 78 years old in New York City.
Hanns Hörbiger
Austrian inventor and scientist (1860-1931).
Born November 29th, 1860 in Atzgersdorf.
Died October 11th, 1931 at 70 years old in Liesing.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 272
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris