Famous Deaths on 31st January

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Deaths 1 - 90 of 90

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)
English Catholic Conspirator Guy Fawkes (1606) 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
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
1922 - Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56
1933 - John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65
1939 - George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for South Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies
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)
1944 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)
1945 - Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25
1949 - Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84
1954 - Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63
1954 - Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65
1955 - John R Mott, US theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89
1956 - A. A. Milne, English author (b. 1882)
1960 - Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53
1966 - Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90
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 at 91
1976 - Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941)
1980 - J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 & 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies
1987 - Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1907)
1989 - Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1989 - Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63
1990 - Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-born imam (b. 1935)
1992 - Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants), dies at 82
1992 - Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63
1994 - Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
1995 - George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105
1995 - James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86
1996 - Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65
1997 - Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84
1997 - John Joseph Scanlan, Irish Catholic prelate (b. 1930)
1999 - Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)
1999 - Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler
2000 - Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. 1926)
2001 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. 1923)
2002 - Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (b. 1919)
2004 - Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913)
2006 - Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (The Red Shoes) and ballerina (b. 1926)
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)
2008 - Zeltim Odie Peterson, famous pug (b. 1997)
2009 - Nagesh, Indian comedian actor in Kollywood (b. 1933)
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
2013 - Timir Pinegin, Societ sailor, dies at 85