Notable Deaths on July 31st
July 31st Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
54 |
Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar, dies at 66 |
BC AD | |
855 |
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) |
1358 |
Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies |
1396 |
William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) |
1508 |
Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) |
1556 |
Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest, theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus, dies in Rome at about 65 |
1566 |
Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 |
1648 |
Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 |
1653 |
Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) |
1693 |
Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 |
1726 |
Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695) |
1729 |
Nicola Francesco Haym, Rodelinda |
1750 |
Johan V, King of Portugal, dies |
1763 |
James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies |
1784 |
Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher, dies at 70 |
1784 |
Denis Diderot, Les dames du Bois de Boulogne |
1790 |
Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 |
1795 |
Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 |
1795 |
Raniero de Calzabigi, Alceste |
1811 |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish |
1849 |
Sándor Petöfi, Petöfi '73 |
1864 |
Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64 |
1875 |
Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66 |
1886 |
Franz Liszt [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74 |
1886 |
Franz Liszt, Shine |
1891 |
Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77 |
1907 |
Joseph Hatton, John Needham's Double |
1911 |
Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies |
1913 |
John Milne, British Geologist, Seismologist, and Anthropologist who developed the first modern seismograph, dies of Bright's disease at 62 |
1914 |
A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered= |
1914 |
Jean Jaurès, |
1917 |
Charlie Finlason, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test), dies |
1917 |
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881) |
1917 |
Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887) |
1918 |
Peter Nansen, Lille Klaus og store Klaus |
1919 |
R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies |
1921 |
Edgar Saltus, Daughters of the Rich |
1932 |
Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58 |
1933 |
Norman Devol, The Son of the Golden West |
1937 |
Charles Hires, American Inventor and Manufacturer of the Hires Root Beer beverage, dies at 85 |
1938 |
Valerian Gunia, Khanuma |
1940 |
Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel |
1940 |
Joseph Brotherton, Tarzan the Fearless |
1942 |
Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 |
1943 |
Hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp |
1943 |
Paavo Kostioja, Laivan kannella |
1943 |
Sada Cowan, Smouldering Fires |
1943 |
Joe Goodwin, Anger Management |
1944 |
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince |
1944 |
Jacek Rotmil, Dzien wielkiej przygody |
1944 |
Yasha Bunchuk, The Heat's On |
1945 |
Ludwig Müller, Triumph of the Will |
1945 |
Kate Rorke, Everybody's Business |
1945 |
Alida B. Jones, Her Moment |
1946 |
Joseph Manning, Rags |
1947 |
Thomas Job, The Two Mrs. Carrolls |
1948 |
Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 |
1948 |
Lucy Mercer, |
1951 |
J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies |
1951 |
Ira M. Lowry, Speedy Meade |
1952 |
N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (South African slow lefty 1947-51), dies |
1952 |
Waldemar Bonsels, Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer |
1952 |
Clara Viebig, Das tägliche Brot |
1953 |
Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63 |
1953 |
Robert A. Taft, World Leaders on Peace and Democracy |
1953 |
Kornel Makuszynski, The Two Who Stole the Moon |
1954 |
Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923) |
1954 |
Renée Carl, Une dame vraiment bien |
1954 |
Erkki Eirto, Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu |
1955 |
Robert Francis, The Caine Mutiny |
1957 |
Guido Trento, Street Angel |
1957 |
Wallie Howe, Twenty Dollars a Week |
1958 |
Ludwig G.B. Erb, The Crimson Stain Mystery |
1959 |
Alma Lagoni, Storstadens Hyæne |
1960 |
Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77 |
1960 |
Janusz Jaron, First Start |
1961 |
Joe Murphy, Andy's Stump Speech |
1962 |
David Boehm, Always |
1964 |
Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39 |
1964 |
Jim Reeves, The Man Who Fell to Earth |
1965 |
James Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75 |
1966 |
Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87 |
1966 |
Andrej Bagar, Jánosik |
1967 |
Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 |
1967 |
Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies |
1968 |
Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 |
1968 |
Gerda Maurus, Spies |
1969 |
Harry Ahlin, Port of Call |
1970 |
Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912) |
1972 |
Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73 |
1975 |
Mark Liebrecht, Parking Opera |
1976 |
Elaine Ramsey, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock |
1977 |
Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 |
1978 |
Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80 |
1978 |
Enoch Light, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 |
1978 |
Branimir Tori Jankovic, Bloody Tale |
1978 |
Werner Finck, Roses for the Prosecutor |
1978 |
Günther Rennert, Zwei oder drei Ehen |
1979 |
Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76 |
1979 |
Beatrix Lehmann, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
1980 |
Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49 |
1980 |
Mohd. Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924) |
1980 |
Mohammad Rafi, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
1980 |
Bobby Van, Make Me Laugh |
1980 |
Markku Lahtela, Girl of Finland |
1981 |
Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash |
1981 |
Stefania Rotolo, Piccolo slam |
1983 |
Helen Kapp, |
1983 |
Zoran Milosavljevic, The Prem |
1983 |
Eva Pawlik, Frühling auf dem Eis |
1984 |
Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79 |
1984 |
Paul Le Flem, composer, dies at 103 |
1984 |
Ed King Cross, Happily Ever After |
1984 |
John 'Beans' Reardon, The Giant Mutiny |
1984 |
Ljubisa Kozomara, The Rats Woke Up |
1984 |
Bill Raisch, The Ivy Maze |
1984 |
Brooks Morton, The Three Sisters |
1985 |
Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78 |
1985 |
Murray Chapple, cricketer (14 Tests for NZ, 497 runs), dies |
1985 |
Germaine Krull, L'amitié noire |
1986 |
Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73 |
1986 |
Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900) |
1986 |
Iris Knape, Kuisma ja Helinä |
1986 |
Nikolay Sibeikin, War and Peace |
1986 |
Teddy Wilson, Catch Me If You Can |
1986 |
Trude Brentina, Blonder Tango |
1986 |
Stanley Ellin, The Big Night |
1986 |
Diana King, Pink Floyd The Wall |
1987 |
Michael Staniforth, Episode #1.1 |
1987 |
Aleksei Parkhomenko, Beg |
1987 |
Joseph E. Levine, A Bridge Too Far |
1987 |
Kazimierz Korcelli, Awantura o Basie |
1988 |
Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38 |
1988 |
Trinidad Silva, UHF |
1988 |
Fanny Rowe, Jane Eyre |
1988 |
Raymond Stross, The Fox |
1989 |
Bull Moose Jackson, Cry-Baby |
1989 |
Marcella Napp, Pandora |
1989 |
Ferenc Fehér, A lóvátett város |
1990 |
Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72 |
1990 |
Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) |
1990 |
Hüseyin Peyda, Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam |
1990 |
Eugen Bergen, Österreich 9 Zinnober Merkur |
1990 |
Jan Stussy, Gravity Is My Enemy |
1990 |
Sigfrid Tor, Secret Service in Darkest Africa |
1990 |
Fernando Sancho, Return of the Evil Dead |
1990 |
Jean Shevlin, The Purple Rose of Cairo |
1992 |
G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 |
1992 |
Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65 |
1992 |
Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56 |
1992 |
Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies |
1992 |
Joe George, The Execution of Private Slovik |
1992 |
Uzi Peres, Ahava Rishonah |
1992 |
Ralph Strait, Halloween III: Season of the Witch |
1992 |
Leonard Cheshire, The Wall: Live in Berlin |
1993 |
Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems |
1993 |
Elmar Klos, director (Obzalovany, Obchod na Korze), dies at 83 |
1993 |
Paul Henry, US Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51 |
1993 |
Jaclynne Greene, The Crimson Kimono |
1993 |
Elmar Klos, The Shop on Main Street |
1993 |
Lenore Aubert, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein |
1993 |
King Baudouin, Baudouin, König der Belgier |
1994 |
Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66 |
1994 |
Caitlin Thomas, dies |
1994 |
G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies |
1994 |
Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92 |
1994 |
Vadim Grachyov, Problem Child |
1994 |
Sylvia Rosales, Always Leave Them Laughing |
1994 |
Dean Dorn, West Point of the Air |
1994 |
Anne Shelton, Episode dated 20 April 1959 |
1994 |
Caitlin Thomas, Kane on Friday |
1995 |
Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 |
1995 |
Dana Satterfield, |
1995 |
Lola Todd, Pocahontas and John Smith |
1996 |
Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter, dies at 76 |
1996 |
Michael Jinks, child care pioneer, dies at 59 |
1996 |
Seagram Miller, American rapper (b. 1970) |
1996 |
Barry Beckerman, Raid on Entebbe |
1997 |
Edith Fore, pitchwoman (I've fallen and I can't get up!), dies at 81 |
1997 |
Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian, dies at 63 |
1997 |
Eddie Miller, Columbia Panoramics: Tomorrow's Stars |
1997 |
Wade B. Rubottom, The Philadelphia Story |
1998 |
Serge Golovine, Le spectre de la danse |
1998 |
Sylvia Field, Search for Tomorrow |
1999 |
Elena Zareschi, Ulysses |
2000 |
Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst, Dutch Astronomer, dies at 81 |
2000 |
Maurice Karl, Episode #1.770 |
2000 |
Eugene Pendleton, Two a Penny |
2000 |
William Maxwell, Episode dated 1 March 1995 |
2000 |
Chattie Salaman, Look Me in the Eye |
2000 |
Angela Bruce, The Challengers |
2001 |
Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926) |
2001 |
Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914) |
2001 |
Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910) |
2001 |
Poul Anderson, The High Crusade |
2001 |
Miklós Vásárhelyi, Örökség |
2001 |
Fred Carson, Operation -- Annihilate! |
2001 |
Ivan Staff, The Day of the Wreck |
2002 |
Pauline Chan, From Beijing with Love |
2002 |
Slávka Budínová, Kolya |
2002 |
Marja Rankkala, Matka Biarritziin |
2002 |
Francis Searle, Cloudburst |
2003 |
Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933) |
2003 |
Matti Dahlberg, Il capitano |
2003 |
Peter Schwed, The Lawrenceville Stories |
2003 |
Frederick Coffin, Identity |
2003 |
Klára Jerneková, Case for a Rookie Hangman |
2003 |
Richard H. Bauman, Emily Vanderlip's Elopement |
2003 |
Anatoli Kabulov, Klyatva Dzhantaya |
2004 |
Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917) |
2004 |
Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927) |
2004 |
Petra Peters, Girls Behind Bars |
2004 |
Robert James, Cold Comfort Farm |
2004 |
Isabella Nadolny, Das Haus im Nebel |
2004 |
Virginia Grey, All That Heaven Allows |
2004 |
György Vízvári, Helsinki 1952: Games of the XV Olympiad |
2004 |
Laura Betti, 1900 |
2005 |
Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935) |
2005 |
Mantle Hood, Lord Jim |
2005 |
Les Braid, Big Beat '64 |
2005 |
Anna Chappell, The Man in the Moon |
2005 |
Alfredo Papa, Stormtroopers II |
2006 |
Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935) |
2006 |
Leslie Klein, The Frighteners |
2006 |
Anibal Romero, La burrerita de Ypacaraí |
2006 |
Shiv Dayal Batish, Zalim Tera Jawab Nahin |
2006 |
Bob Smithies, What's the Word? |
2006 |
Akira Yoshimura, The Eel |
2007 |
Louis Kamp, The Sandpiper |
2007 |
Ryôsuke Saitô, A Hen in the Wind |
2007 |
Hilde Sicks, Diederk soll heiraten |
2007 |
Norman Cohn, Divine Magic |
2007 |
R.D. Wingfield, Appendix Man |
2008 |
Grant McReynolds, Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows |
2008 |
Lee Young, Frankie Howerd |
2008 |
Víctor Hugo Rascón, Morir en el golfo |
2009 |
Sir Bobby Robson, English professional football player and manager (b. 1933) |
2009 |
Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
2009 |
Ilona Christen, Hinter Gittern - Zwischen Soap und Wirklichkeit |
2009 |
Stephanie Garland, The Underworld Story |
2009 |
Harry Alan Towers, The Mangler |
2009 |
Keith Macklin, Episode #1.4 |
2009 |
Bobby Robson, Soccer's Hard Men |
2009 |
Qianli Qian, Street Angel |
2009 |
Mary Carrillo, The Little Apartment |
2009 |
Ulrich Radke, A Vision |
2009 |
Jean-Paul Roussillon, A Christmas Tale |
2010 |
George Richey, Episode #5.21 |
2010 |
Cyro Del Nero, Vozes do Medo |
2010 |
Erich Mehl, Die Schönste |
2010 |
Dan Resin, Caddyshack |
2010 |
Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Rocco and His Brothers |
2010 |
Feliks Pasic, Medju nama: Slobodan Perovic |
2010 |
Philippe Avron, Birds, Orphans and Fools |
2010 |
Mitch Miller, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan |
2010 |
Lee Lockwood, Fidel Castro |
2010 |
Tom Mankiewicz, Ladyhawke |
2011 |
Dan Carrington, Blade: Trinity |
2011 |
Clyde Holding, The Last Man Hanged |
2011 |
Louis, Decak iz Junkovca |
2011 |
Peter Clune, Blast of Silence |
2011 |
Binka Zhelyazkova, A byahme mladi |
2011 |
Barry Delaney, The Phantom Kid |
2011 |
Martin Humer, Der Pornojäger - Eine Hatz zwischen Lust und Politik |
2011 |
Carl Steven, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
2011 |
Mariella Lo Giudice, Cinema Paradiso |
2011 |
George Rogatkin, The Duel |
2011 |
Tom Garvin, The Pleasures of Innocence |
2012 |
Gore Vidal, American author, dies from pneumonia at 86 |
2012 |
Malgorzata Gudejko, Niech zyje milosc |
2012 |
Maria Janecka, The Two Who Stole the Moon |
2012 |
Silvia Seidel, Anna |
2012 |
Rudolf Kreitlein, Episode dated 5 November 1975 |
2012 |
Barbara Anson, The Owl and the Pussycat |
2012 |
Tony Sly, One Nine Nine Four |
2012 |
Gore Vidal, Caligula |
2012 |
Carla Lupi, Os Imortais |
2013 |
Michael Ansara, American actor, dies at 91 |
2013 |
Jon Manchip White, Crack in the World |
2013 |
Gail Levin, James Dean: Sense Memories |
2013 |
Michael Ansara, The Message |
2013 |
Martha Ketchum, L'inevitable subtile |
2013 |
Jim Capper, Emmerdale |
2013 |
Jean Michel Lemetayer, Episode dated 15 October 2005 |
2014 |
Jorge Jacobson, Telefé noticias a las 12 |
2014 |
H.K. Baird, Fourth Witness: The Mary Whitmer Story |
2014 |
Nabarun Bhattacharya, Herbert |
2014 |
Jim Frederick, 39 Years 6 Months 4 Days/Michael Jordan/Rex |
2014 |
Warren Bennis, Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard |
2014 |
Kenny Ireland, Crossing the Line |
2014 |
José Menezes, O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões |
2014 |
Johannes Grossmann, Die Pille |
2015 |
Takeshi Katô, Ran |
2015 |
Gerald S. O'Loughlin, In Cold Blood |
2015 |
Krassimir Kroumov, Pod edno nebe |
2015 |
László Sinkó, 1 |
2015 |
Billy Pierce, The Story of America's Classic Ballparks |
2016 |
Voice of classic kids TV character Postman Pat dies aged 83 |
2016 |
Ex-steel boss John Graham dies aged 81 |
2018 |
Star Trek sound-effects master Douglas Grindstaff dies at 87 |
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