Notable Deaths on January 31st
January 31st Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
743 |
Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) |
1398 |
Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) |
1435 |
Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) |
1561 |
Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies |
1561 |
Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar |
1580 |
Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80 (b. 1512) |
1606 |
Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 |
1615 |
Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) |
1632 |
Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) |
1665 |
Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) |
1686 |
Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604) |
1720 |
Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) |
1729 |
Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659) |
1736 |
Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678) |
1788 |
Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50 |
1788 |
[Bonnie Prince Charlie] Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 |
1790 |
Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) |
1794 |
Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711) |
1815 |
José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775) |
1828 |
Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 |
1844 |
Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) |
1861 |
Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 |
1864 |
Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies |
1866 |
Friedrich Rückert, The Remains of the Day |
1888 |
John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815) |
1891 |
Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 |
1892 |
Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834) |
1907 |
Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834) |
1919 |
Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 |
1919 |
Nat C. Goodwin, Oliver Twist |
1919 |
Paul Lindau, Der Andere |
1920 |
Gilda Langer, Struggling Souls |
1922 |
Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 |
1926 |
George V. Hobart, The White Sister |
1927 |
Rudolf Del Zopp, Der Dornenweg |
1929 |
Marco Praga, Manon Lescaut |
1929 |
Jan Karafiát, Broucci |
1930 |
Dorothy Seastrom, Oh, Teacher! |
1931 |
Béla Vágó, A szerencse fia |
1932 |
Herbert Waring, Sleeping Partners |
1933 |
John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 |
1933 |
John Galsworthy, The Skin Game |
1935 |
Frank B. Elser, The Farmer Takes a Wife |
1935 |
Richard Washburn Child, A Gentleman After Dark |
1938 |
Melville W. Brown, Check and Double Check |
1939 |
George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for South Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies |
1939 |
Roy Byford, Falstaff the Tavern Knight |
1940 |
René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 |
1942 |
Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860) |
1942 |
Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (b. 1917) |
1942 |
Artturi Järviluoma, Pohjalaisia |
1942 |
Rolf Wenkhaus, Emil und die Detektive |
1943 |
Agis Winding, The Child |
1944 |
Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) |
1944 |
Jean Giraudoux, Film socialisme |
1944 |
William Allen White, A Certain Rich Man |
1945 |
Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 |
1945 |
Harry Knight, Desert Phantom |
1945 |
Johan Gildemeijer, Koningin Elisabeth's dochter |
1945 |
Herbert L. Clarke, Hester Street |
1945 |
Richard Walton Tully, Omar the Tentmaker |
1946 |
James Notaro, Double or Nothing |
1947 |
Johnny Kling, World Series Baseball Game |
1947 |
Betty Ross Clarke, Murders in the Rue Morgue |
1948 |
Madame Chalif, The Iron Mask |
1949 |
Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 |
1949 |
Otto Metzetti, Now or Never |
1949 |
Henri De Vries, The Night Hawk |
1950 |
Alfonso Esparza Oteo, Seabiscuit |
1951 |
Charles B. Cochran, Evergreen |
1952 |
George Broadhurst, What Happened to Jones |
1952 |
Hayden Stevenson, Blake of Scotland Yard |
1953 |
Jack Fuqua, Ace of Cactus Range |
1953 |
Edna Payne, The Higher Duty |
1954 |
Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 |
1954 |
Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65 |
1954 |
Adolfo Franci, Bicycle Thieves |
1954 |
James Cardwell, He Walked by Night |
1954 |
Florence Bates, Rebecca |
1955 |
John R Mott, US theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89 |
1955 |
Ford Washington Lee, Cabin in the Sky |
1955 |
Joe Allen, Alice and the Dog Catcher |
1956 |
A.A. Milne, English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, dies at 74 |
1956 |
Benö Tamás, Felszabadult föld |
1956 |
A.A. Milne, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
1956 |
Erich Carow, Der Trichter Nr. 9 |
1956 |
Ismael Neto, Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria |
1957 |
Archie Twitchell, Young Bill Hickok |
1957 |
Richard Thorne, Eve Knew Her Apples |
1958 |
Wheaton Chambers, The Prowler |
1960 |
Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53 |
1960 |
Arnold Ferslev, Kampen mod uretten |
1960 |
Lowell Gilmore, The Picture of Dorian Gray |
1960 |
Izabella Nagy, John, the Hero |
1960 |
Duilio Cambellotti, The Last Days of Pompeii |
1960 |
Virginia Ray, One in a Million |
1961 |
Dorothy Thompson, Episode #3.39 |
1962 |
Edward Kingsley, Les casse-pieds |
1966 |
Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90 |
1966 |
A.E. Percival, |
1967 |
Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100 |
1967 |
Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86 |
1967 |
Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1908) |
1969 |
Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77 |
1969 |
Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894) |
1970 |
Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28 |
1972 |
Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 |
1972 |
Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79 |
1972 |
Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67 |
1973 |
Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 |
1974 |
Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61 |
1974 |
Harry Baum, actor (Crime & Punishment), dies at 58 |
1974 |
Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72 |
1974 |
Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72 |
1974 |
Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies of natural causes at 91 |
1976 |
Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941) |
1976 |
Buster Brown, American Graffiti |
1976 |
Evert Taube, The Apple War |
1976 |
Linton Wells, Suzanna |
1977 |
Daniel Mainwaring, Out of the Past |
1977 |
Zbigniew Roman, Historia jednego mysliwca |
1979 |
Vernon E. Clark, St. Louis, Missouri: October 24 - Prison Escapee Captured in Armed Robbery Shootout |
1979 |
Sid Marcus, The Pink Panther Show |
1979 |
Grant Green, Duplex |
1980 |
J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 & 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies |
1981 |
Ferenc Gyulai Gaál, Bástyasétány hetvennégy |
1982 |
Jirí Srnka, Witchhammer |
1982 |
Ritchie Calder, Welfare of the Workers |
1983 |
Gaston Orbal, The Heroic Mr. Boniface |
1984 |
Joseph Stemmer, The Big Bust-Out |
1984 |
James Pirrie, Thunder Rock |
1984 |
Tony Page, Prince of the City |
1984 |
Jytte Høeg Brask, Vagabonden |
1985 |
Jimmy Noel, The Bounty Killer |
1985 |
Hellin Kahila-Matinpalo, Soldier's Bride |
1985 |
Tatsuzô Ishikawa, Ningen no kabe |
1986 |
Anthony Velona, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1986 |
Freddie Burke Frederick, The Crowd |
1986 |
John Blunk, Oregon Passage |
1986 |
Vilém Pfeiffer, Guard 13 |
1987 |
Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1907) |
1987 |
E. Darrell Hallenbeck, One Spy Too Many |
1987 |
Yves Allégret, The Proud and the Beautiful |
1987 |
Julian Józef Antonisz, Jak dziala jamniczek |
1987 |
Veriko Anjaparidze, The Legend of Suram Fortress |
1987 |
John Creamer, Obsession |
1988 |
Shirley Doble, Youth for the Kingdom |
1988 |
Don Lutenbacher, The Big Easy |
1988 |
Corry Vonk, Bleeke Bet |
1988 |
Nikolay Budashkin, Frosty |
1988 |
Roy Ingraham, The Movers |
1989 |
Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 |
1989 |
Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63 |
1989 |
Pierre Barale, Uncle Bentley and the Aunts |
1989 |
Jack Douglas, Episode #3.3 |
1989 |
Fernando Namora, Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico |
1989 |
Yasushi Akutagawa, Fires on the Plain |
1989 |
Jozef Budský, Vlcie diery |
1989 |
Kenneth Kessler, The Rebel Set |
1989 |
Bob Dunn, In Town Today |
1990 |
Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-born imam (b. 1935) |
1990 |
Roman Wasilewski, Zakazane piosenki |
1990 |
Arnold Locke, Keep Off the Grass |
1990 |
Hans Putz, Johannisnacht |
1990 |
Alexandru Tatos, Secvente |
1991 |
Homer Garrett, A Time to Die |
1991 |
Rosemarie Precht, Episode #1.192 |
1991 |
Mieczyslaw Voit, Mother Joan of the Angels |
1992 |
Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants), dies of stomach cancer at 82 |
1992 |
Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 |
1992 |
István Sárközi, Mexico City 1968: Games of the XIX Olympiad |
1992 |
Martin Held, The Captain from Köpenick |
1992 |
Laurel Lea, Episode dated 17 April 1975 |
1993 |
Helga Görlin, Karl Fredrik Reigns |
1993 |
Arijoutsi, The May Day of All Times |
1994 |
Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 |
1994 |
Tomanija Djuricko, Face to Face |
1994 |
Erwin Strittmatter, Der Laden |
1995 |
George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 |
1995 |
James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86 |
1995 |
Preston M. Fleet, Chronos |
1995 |
George Abbott, The Pajama Game |
1995 |
Quinto Albicocco, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
1995 |
Ghigo De Chiara, March on Rome |
1995 |
Hank Wardle, Pat Reid |
1995 |
Mel Riddle, This Marriage Business |
1995 |
Ferenc Márkus, Pajkos diákok |
1995 |
Eino Kaipainen, Vaivaisukon morsian |
1996 |
Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65 |
1996 |
Maurice Prince, At Long Last Love |
1996 |
Patricia George, The Burning Bed |
1996 |
Karen Norris, Pillow Talk |
1996 |
Paquita Ferrándiz, L'hostal de la Glòria |
1996 |
Beth Amos, Police Academy |
1997 |
Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84 |
1997 |
John Joseph Scanlan, Irish Catholic prelate (b. 1930) |
1997 |
Andrzej Szczepkowski, Story of the Golden Boot |
1997 |
Heiner Carow, Coming Out |
1997 |
Sveta Lukic, Siberian Lady Macbeth |
1997 |
Eve Lister, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
1997 |
Jimmy Kane, Challenge to Be Free |
1997 |
Johnny Klein, The Lawrence Welk Show |
1998 |
Gary Nardino, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
1998 |
Jean Gras, The Things of Life |
1998 |
Georges Combret, Frustrations |
1998 |
Luigi Compagnone, L'amara scienza |
1999 |
Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929) |
1999 |
Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler |
1999 |
Ed Parks, Charlotte's Web |
1999 |
Jaianto Baba, Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You |
1999 |
Ilmari Tapiovaara, Herra Lahtinen lähtee lipettiin |
1999 |
Gaio Frattini, Hercules |
1999 |
Baris Manço, Çakallarla Dans |
2000 |
Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. 1926) |
2000 |
Martin Benrath, Stalingrad |
2000 |
Gil Kane, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes |
2000 |
K.N. Singh, Awaara |
2000 |
Ralph Manza, General Hospital |
2001 |
Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. 1923) |
2001 |
Ancel Cook, Breakdown |
2001 |
Frank London, Steel |
2001 |
Bert Williams, The Usual Suspects |
2001 |
Michel 'Momon' Navratil, Titanic: Death of a Dream |
2001 |
John M. Reed, Fear on Trial |
2001 |
Gordon R. Dickson, The Flight of Dragons |
2002 |
Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (b. 1919) |
2002 |
Terri Carol, Funny Bones |
2002 |
Evelyn Scott, Wicked Woman |
2002 |
Zilda do Zé, Virou Bagunça |
2002 |
Daniel Pearl, Loose Change: Final Cut |
2003 |
Betty Barry, No Amnesty for Death |
2003 |
Terence Monk, The Cat Above and the Mouse Below |
2003 |
Julie Alexander, The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's |
2003 |
Kenneth MacLeod, Get 'Em Off |
2003 |
Istref Begolli, Zivot radnika |
2004 |
Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913) |
2004 |
Shizuko Mori, Uzumaki |
2004 |
Germán Montaner, Torremolinos 73 |
2004 |
Lottie Elwen, 'C'-Man |
2004 |
V.G. Jog, Brandichi Batli |
2004 |
Eleanor Holm, Tarzan's Revenge |
2004 |
George Tulloch, Titanic: Death of a Dream |
2005 |
Horace Hagedorn, Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story |
2005 |
Fred Borges, Weasels Rip My Flesh |
2005 |
Otto Höpfner, Schlager beim Wort genommen |
2005 |
Warren Rothenberger, Trading Places |
2005 |
Diana Kjær, Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc. |
2005 |
Malcolm Hardee, Malcolm Hardee: 25 Years in Showbiz |
2005 |
Erich Kaestner, The 65th Annual Academy Awards |
2005 |
Doug Miers, |
2006 |
Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (The Red Shoes) and ballerina (b. 1926) |
2006 |
Paul Regina, It's My Party |
2006 |
Moira Shearer, Peeping Tom |
2006 |
Nanette Ryder, Leeds United |
2006 |
Dick Bass, The Over-the-Hill Gag |
2006 |
Eva Ebner, Around the World in 80 Days |
2006 |
Carol Kittermaster, Long Road Home |
2006 |
Roman Wlaszyn, American Splendor |
2007 |
Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950) |
2007 |
Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author (b. 1944) |
2007 |
Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924) |
2007 |
Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and wife of Oliver Tambo (b. 1929) |
2007 |
Jean-François Deniau, A Self-Made Hero |
2007 |
Molly Ivins, Dildo Diaries |
2007 |
Charlotte De Armond, Teenage Father |
2007 |
Kirka, Kirka, laulaja |
2007 |
Roselle Friedland, Mama's Family |
2007 |
Lee Bergere, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice |
2007 |
Ronald Muldrow, Collateral |
2008 |
Zeltim Odie Peterson, famous pug (b. 1997) |
2008 |
Bryan Langley, Number 17 |
2008 |
Mark Schwed, Pamela Anderson |
2008 |
Gary Graffrath, Freejack |
2008 |
Volodia Teitelboim, Salvador Allende |
2008 |
Robert Guy Barrows, The Machine That Played God |
2008 |
Veronika Bayer, Rückfälle |
2009 |
Nagesh, Indian comedian actor in Kollywood (b. 1933) |
2009 |
Yoya Martínez, Treinta años |
2009 |
Nagesh, Apoorva Sagodharargal |
2009 |
Rolando Ochoa, Hitler soy yo |
2009 |
Clint Ritchie, One Life to Live |
2010 |
Keith Crown, The Pop Art Affair |
2010 |
Kenneth Wagner, Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler |
2010 |
Giulio Petroni, Death Rides a Horse |
2010 |
Tomás Eloy Martínez, Demon in the Blood |
2010 |
Pierre Vaneck, The Science of Sleep |
2010 |
Paul Fuemana, The Parent Trap |
2010 |
Patricia Gage, American Psycho |
2010 |
Paddie O'Neil, Norman Wisdom: The Early Bird |
2010 |
Gorm Erickson, Mama's Family |
2011 |
Michael Tolan, All That Jazz |
2011 |
Stanislav Stícha, Postaveni mimo hru |
2011 |
Khadisha Bukeyeva, Nash milyy doktor |
2011 |
Stuart Hood, Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945 |
2011 |
Phil Bondelli, Angels in Chains |
2011 |
Charles E. Sellier Jr., Ancient Secrets of the Bible |
2011 |
Charmian Innes, Dark Interval |
2012 |
mike Kelley, American artist, commits suicide at 57 |
2012 |
Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal, dies at 88 |
2012 |
Dorothea Tanning, American artist, dies at 101 |
2012 |
Tristram Coffin, American folklorist, dies from pneumonia at 89 |
2012 |
Mike Kelley, After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence |
2012 |
Mike Kelley, The Source |
2012 |
Dorothea Tanning, Birthday - Die amerikanische Malerin Dorothea Tanning |
2012 |
Jean-Henri Roger, Neige |
2012 |
Greg Maurer, Spaced Out |
2012 |
Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, Gregorian Chant: Songs of the Spirit |
2012 |
Robert Citron, The Violent Earth |
2012 |
Leslie Carter, Shrek |
2012 |
Juan Carlos Gené, Knocks at My Door |
2013 |
Timir Pinegin, Societ sailor, dies at 85 |
2013 |
Joseph Cassidy, Radharc |
2013 |
Caleb Moore, Huevos 11 |
2013 |
Mario Zelinotti, Prima puntata |
2013 |
Christiane Eisler, Freitags dienstbereit - Passage-Apotheke |
2013 |
R. Gilbert Clayton, Armageddon |
2013 |
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Homenaje al Dr. Ruben Bonifaz Nuño |
2013 |
Diane Wolkstein, Journey to the West |
2014 |
Christopher Jones, American actor, dies from cancer at 72 |
2014 |
Gundi Busch, Hollywood Ice Revue |
2014 |
Leonard Hirshan, Under Suspicion |
2014 |
Miklós Jancsó, The Red and the White |
2014 |
Helmut Ketels, Episode dated 8 October 1971 |
2014 |
Christopher Jones, Ryan's Daughter |
2014 |
Anna Gordy Gaye, Elf |
2014 |
Nina Andrycz, Horror w Wesolych Bagniskach |
2014 |
Bruce Hoy, The Pharoah: Part 2 |
2014 |
Zizi El-Badrawy, El dakhil |
2014 |
Horst Mönnich, Kopfgeld |
2014 |
Rosemarie Kilian, Elektra |
2014 |
Emilio Del Giudice, Das Geheimnis des Wassers |
2015 |
Lizabeth Scott, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers |
2015 |
Don Covay, School of Rock |
2015 |
Kenji Goto Jogo, Sôryoku hôdô! The News |
2015 |
Udo Lattek, Show #123 |
2015 |
Richard von Weizsäcker, Neuss Testament |
2015 |
Sanford Socolow, JFK: One PM Central Standard Time |
2015 |
Robert Blees, Magnificent Obsession |
2015 |
José Manuel Lara Bosch, Episode #8.16 |
2015 |
Zsuzsa Gordon, Jacob the Liar |
2016 |
Terry Wogan, Beloved BBC Presenter, Dies at 77 |
2016 |
Former president of El Salvador Francisco Flores dead at 56 |
2017 |
'Father of Pac-Man' Masaya Nakamura dies aged 91 |
2018 |
Auckland journalist Pat Booth dies aged 87 |
2018 |
Former 'Glee' star Mark Salling dies of apparent suicide at 35 |
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