In the year 1931
333 Notable deaths
Paul Vidal
French composer, conductor and music teacher (1863-1931).
Born June 16th, 1863 in Toulouse.
Died April 9th, 1931 at 67 years old in rue Ballu. [ref]
Eduard von Capelle
German admiral (1855-1931).
Born October 10th, 1855 in Celle.
Died February 23rd, 1931 at 75 years old in Wiesbaden.
Jean Schopfer
French writer and tennis player (1868–1931).
Born May 28th, 1868 in Morges.
Died January 9th, 1931 at 62 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
John Henry Comstock
American entomologist (1849–1931).
Born February 24th, 1849 in Janesville.
Died March 20th, 1931 at 82 years old in Ithaca.
Emiliano Figueroa
President of chile (1866-1931).
Born July 12th, 1866 in Santiago.
Died May 15th, 1931 at 64 years old in Santiago (traffic collision).
László Batthyány-Strattmann
(1870–1931) hungarian aristocrat and physician.
Born October 28th, 1870 in Vienna.
Died January 22nd, 1931 at 60 years old in Vienna (bladder cancer).
Ivan Fichev
Bulgarian politician and general (1860–1931).
Born April 27th, 1860 in Veliko Tarnovo.
Died November 18th, 1931 at 71 years old in Sofia.
Norah Neilson Gray
British artist of the glasgow school (1882-1931).
Born June 16th, 1882 in Helensburgh.
Died May 27th, 1931 at 48 years old in Glasgow (cancer).
Lázaro Chacón González
Guatemalan president (1873-1931).
Born June 27th, 1873 in Teculután.
Died April 8th, 1931 at 57 years old in New Orleans.
Hjalmar Bergman
Swedish writer (1883–1931).
Born September 19th, 1883 in Örebro.
Died January 1st, 1931 at 47 years old in Berlin.
William D. Jelks
American politician (1855-1931).
Born November 7th, 1855 in Macon County.
Died December 14th, 1931 at 76 years old in Eufaula.
Louis Dollo
Belgian paleontologist and engineer (1857–1931).
Born December 7th, 1857 in Lille. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1931 at 73 years old in Brussels.
Sun Baoqi
Qing dynasty republic of china politician (1867-1931).
Born April 26th, 1867 in Hangzhou.
Died February 3rd, 1931 at 63 years old in Shanghai.
Ethel Grey Terry
American actress (1882-1931).
Born October 2nd, 1882 in Oakland.
Died January 6th, 1931 at 48 years old in Hollywood.
Bruno von Mudra
German general (1851-1931).
Born April 1st, 1851 in Bad Muskau.
Died November 21st, 1931 at 80 years old in Schwerin.
Joseph Farnham
American screenwriter (1884–1931).
Born December 2nd, 1884 in New Haven.
Died June 2nd, 1931 at 46 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Hoke Smith
American politician (1855-1931).
Born September 2nd, 1855 in Newton.
Died November 27th, 1931 at 76 years old in United States.
Emánuel Moór
Hungarian musician (1863-1931).
Born February 19th, 1863 in Kecskemét.
Died October 29th, 1931 at 68 years old in Chardonne.
Guido Maria Conforti
Italian archbishop, canonized 2011.
Born March 30th, 1865 in Parma.
Died November 5th, 1931 at 66 years old in Parma.
Frank W. Clarke
American geochemist (1847 -1931).
Born March 19th, 1847 in Boston.
Died May 23rd, 1931 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C..
Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
German scientist and inventor (1872-1931).
Born October 3rd, 1872 in Zweibrücken.
Died May 6th, 1931 at 58 years old in Munich.
Vyacheslav Lypynsky
Ukrainian historian (1882-1931).
Born April 17th, 1882 in Zaturtsi.
Died June 14th, 1931 at 49 years old in Pernitz (tuberculosis).
Henrique Oswald
Brazilian composer (1852–1931).
Born April 14th, 1852 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died June 9th, 1931 at 79 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Eliza Frances Andrews
American writer, botanist, and teacher (1840-1931).
Born August 10th, 1840 in Washington.
Died January 21st, 1931 at 90 years old in Rome.
Philip Leslie Hale
American impressionist painter (1865-1931).
Born May 21st, 1865 in Boston.
Died February 2nd, 1931 at 65 years old in Boston.
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Life has more meaning in the face of death. Robert Greene