Deaths on 31 January
2000s
Rasual Butler
2018
American basketball player (1979–2018)
Leah LaBelle
2018
American singer (1986–2018)
Rob Stewart (filmmaker)
2017
Canadian photographer, filmmaker and shark conservationist
Terry Wogan
2016
Irish-British radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016)
Vic Howe
2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Udo Lattek
2015
German football player and coach (1935–2015)
Lizabeth Scott
2015
American actress and singer (1921–2015)
Richard von Weizsäcker
2015
President of Germany from 1984 to 1994
Anna Gordy Gaye
2014
American record executive (1922–2014)
Abdirizak Haji Hussein
2014
Prime Minister of Somalia
Miklós Jancsó
2014
Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1921–2014)
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
2013
Mexican poet and scholar (1923–2013)
Hassan Habibi
2013
Vice President of Iran from 1989 to 2001
Mani Ram Bagri
2012
Indian politician (1920–2012)
Dorothea Tanning
2012
American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet (1910–2012)
Bartolomeu Anania
2011
Romanian Orthodox bishop, translator and writer
František Čapek
2008
Molly Ivins
2007
American newspaper columnist (1944–2007)
Adelaide Tambo
2007
South African anti-apartheid activist and political exile
Moira Shearer
2006
Scottish ballerina and actress (1926–2006)
Eleanor Holm
2004
American swimmer (1912–2004)
Suraiya
2004
Indian actress and playback singer (1929–2004)
Gabby Gabreski
2002
American flying ace (1919–2002)
Gordon R. Dickson
2001
American science fiction writer (1923–2001)
Gil Kane
2000
American comic book artist (1926–2000)
1900s
Giant Baba
1999
Japanese professional wrestler
John Joseph Scanlan
1997
American prelate
Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus
1990
German zoologist and drawer
Rashad Khalifa
1990
Egyptian-American Quranist (1935–1990)
William Stephenson
1989
Canadian spymaster (1897–1989)
Yves Allégret
1987
French film director
Reginald Baker (film producer)
1985
British film producer
Tatsuzō Ishikawa
1985
Japanese writer
Olga Olgina
1979
Polish opera singer and teacher (1904–1979)
Ernesto Miranda
1976
American criminal and subject of a United States Supreme Court case
Evert Taube
1976
Musical artist (1890-1976)
Samuel Goldwyn
1974
Polish–American film producer (1882–1974)
Ragnar Frisch
1973
Norwegian economist and Nobel Laureate (1895–1973)
Viktor Zhirmunsky
1971
Soviet and Russian literary historian and linguist (1891–1971)
Meher Baba
1969
Indian spiritual master (1894–1969)
Eddie Tolan
1967
US Olympic sprinter
Arthur Percival
1966
British Army officer
Shri Krishna Sinha
1961
Indian politician
Auguste Herbin
1960
French painter (1882–1960)
Karl Selter
1958
Estonian politician (1898–1958)
A. A. Milne
1956
English writer (1882–1956)
John Mott
1955
American ecumenical Christian awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1865–1955)
Edwin Howard Armstrong
1954
American radio-frequency engineer and inventor (1890–1954)
Jean Giraudoux
1944
French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)
John Galsworthy
1933
English novelist and playwright (1867–1933)
Eligiusz Niewiadomski
1923
Polish artist (1869–1923)
Paul Singer (politician)
1911
German Marxist politician
John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
1900
British nobleman (1844–1900)
1800s
Charles Spurgeon
1892
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834–1892)
John Bosco
1888
19th-century Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, and writer
Cilibi Moise
1870
19th-century Romanian folklorist
11th Dalai Lama
1856
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1842 to 1855
Henri-Gatien Bertrand
1844
French general (1773–1844)
John Cheyne (physician)
1836
British physician, surgeon and author (1777–1836)
Alexander Ypsilantis
1828
Greek revolutionary and commander (1792–1828)
José Félix Ribas
1815
Venezuelan revolutionary (1775–1815)
Manuel Alberti
1811
Argentine priest (1763–1811)
Before 1800
Mariot Arbuthnot
1794
Royal Navy Admiral of the Blue (1711–1794)
Thomas Lewis (Virginia politician)
1790
American politician
Filippo Juvarra
1736
Italian architect (1678–1736)
Jacob Roggeveen
1729
Dutch explorer of the Pacific Ocean (1659–1729)
Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford
1720
English politician
Jean Mairet
1686
Johannes Clauberg
1665
German theologian and philosopher (1622–1665)
Jost Bürgi
1632
Swiss clock and instrument maker (1552–1632)
Claudio Acquaviva
1615
Italian priest (1543–1615)
Guy Fawkes
1606
English participant in the Gunpowder Plot (1570–1606)
Ambrose Rookwood
1606
17th century English conspirator
Robert and Thomas Wintour
1606
Members of the Gunpowder Plot
Henry, King of Portugal
1580
Cardinal; King of Portugal from 1578 to 1580
Bairam Khan
1561
Mughal military commander and statesman (1501–1561)
Menno Simons
1561
Dutch theologian, namesake for the Mennonites (1496–1561)
Xuande Emperor
1435
Emperor of China from 1425 to 1435
Mircea the Elder
1418
Despot of Dobruja (c. 1355–1418)
Emperor Sukō
1398
Japanese Northern Emperor from 1348 to 1351
Theodore II of Constantinople
1216
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1213 to 1216
William V, Duke of Aquitaine
1030
Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 990 to 1030
Ryōgen
985
Japanese Buddhist monk (912–985)
Hemma
876
Queen of the Franks from 843 to 876
Máedóc of Ferns
632
Irish bishop and saint