In the year 1931
246 Notable deaths
Felix Blumenfeld
Russian composer, pianist, conductor (1863-1931).
Born August 9th, 1863. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1931 at 67 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Vladimir Triandafillov
Russian military theorist (1894-1931).
Born March 14th, 1894 in Ataköy.
Died July 12th, 1931 at 37 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).
Hanns Hörbiger
Austrian inventor and scientist (1860-1931).
Born November 29th, 1860 in Atzgersdorf. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1931 at 70 years old in Liesing. [ref]
Lya De Putti
Actress (1897-1931).
Born January 10th, 1897 in Vojčice.
Died November 27th, 1931 at 34 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]
Thomas Cooper Gotch
English pre-raphaelite painter and book illustrator (1854-1931).
Born December 10th, 1854 in Kettering.
Died May 1st, 1931 at 76 years old in Cornwall. [ref]
Isaac Newton Lewis
American soldier and inventor of the lewis gun (1858–1931).
Born October 12th, 1858 in Pennsylvania.
Died November 9th, 1931 at 73 years old in Hoboken.
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]
Ole Edvart Rølvaag
Norwegian-american novelist.
Born April 22nd, 1876 in Dønna.
Died November 5th, 1931 at 55 years old in Northfield.
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.
Oskar Minkowski
German physician (1858-1931).
Born January 13th, 1858 in Aleksotas.
Died June 18th, 1931 at 73 years old in Fürstenberg/Havel.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 246
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black