July 31st
172 Notable deaths
Werner Finck
German actor (1902-1978).
Born May 2nd, 1902 in Görlitz. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1978 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Oskar Vogt
German neurologist.
Born April 6th, 1870 in Husum. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1959 at 89 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov
Soviet engineer.
Born June 23rd, 1911 in Aktobe.
Died July 31st, 1995 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Germaine Richier
Sculptor from france.
Born September 16th, 1904 in Grans. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1959 at 54 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Edgar Saltus
American writer (1855–1921).
Born October 8th, 1855 in New York City.
Died July 31st, 1921 at 65 years old in New York City.
Kornel Makuszyński
Polish writer.
Born January 8th, 1884 in Stryi. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1953 at 69 years old in Zakopane. [ref]
Alfons Gorbach
Austrian politician (1898-1972).
Born September 2nd, 1898 in Imst.
Died July 31st, 1972 at 73 years old in Graz.
Gerda Maurus
Austrian actress.
Born August 25th, 1903 in Breitenfurt bei Wien. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1968 at 64 years old in Düsseldorf.
Dorothy Reed Mendenhall
American pediatrician.
Born September 22nd, 1874 in Columbus.
Died July 31st, 1964 at 89 years old in Chester.
Hamo Ohanjanyan
Armenian politician.
Born February 1st, 1873 in Akhalkalaki.
Died July 31st, 1947 at 74 years old in Cairo.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 172
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs