Deaths on 31 July
2000s
Paul Bucha
2024
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Ismail Haniyeh
2024
Palestinian politician (c.1962–2024)
Angus Cloud
2023
American actor (1998–2023)
Fidel V. Ramos
2022
President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998
Bill Russell
2022
American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)
Alan Parker
2020
British filmmaker (1944–2020)
Harold Prince
2019
American theatre producer and director (1928–2019)
Tony Bullimore
2018
British yachtsman (1939–2018)
Jeanne Moreau
2017
French actress, singer, screenwriter and director (1928–2017)
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
2016
Japanese sumo wrestler (1955–2016)
Seymour Papert
2016
American computer scientist (1928–2016)
Alan Cheuse
2015
Novelist, short story writer, critic
Howard W. Jones
2015
American physician (1910–2015)
Billy Pierce
2015
American baseball player (1927–2015)
Roddy Piper
2015
Canadian professional wrestler and actor (1954–2015)
Richard Schweiker
2015
American politician (1926–2015)
Warren Bennis
2014
Leadership studies influencer
Nabarun Bhattacharya
2014
Indian writer and poet (1948–2014)
Jeff Bourne (footballer)
2014
English footballer
Wilfred Feinberg
2014
American judge
Michael Ansara
2013
American actor (1922–2013)
Michel Donnet
2013
John Graves (author)
2013
American writer
Trevor Storer
2013
Mollie Hunter
2012
Scottish writer (1922–2012)
Alfredo Ramos (Brazilian footballer)
2012
Brazilian footballer and manager (1924-2012)
Gore Vidal
2012
American writer (1925–2012)
Tony Sly
2012
American singer-songwriter (1970–2012)
Bobby Robson
2009
English footballer and manager (1933–2009)
Harry Alan Towers
2009
British film producer (1920–2009)
Wim Duisenberg
2005
Dutch politician and economist, first ECB President (1935–2005)
Virginia Grey
2004
American actress (1917–2004)
Guido Crepax
2003
Italian comics artist (1933–2003)
Francisco da Costa Gomes
2001
President of Portugal From 1974 to 1976
Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
2001
Heir to the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1910–2001)
William Keepers Maxwell Jr.
2000
American journalist (1908–2000)
1900s
Bảo Đại
1997
Last emperor of Vietnam from 1926 to 1945 (1913–1997)
Baudouin of Belgium
1993
King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993
Leonard Cheshire
1992
Royal Air Force officer (1917–1992)
Albert Leduc
1990
Canadian ice hockey player
Joseph E. Levine
1987
American film producer
Chiune Sugihara
1986
Japanese diplomat and humanitarian (1900–1986)
Eugene Carson Blake
1985
American Presbyterian minister (1906–1985)
Omar Torrijos
1981
Military leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981
Pascual Jordan
1980
German physicist and politician (1902–1980)
Mohammed Rafi
1980
Indian playback singer (1924–1980)
Beatrix Lehmann
1979
British actress (1903–1979)
Azumafuji Kin'ichi
1973
Japanese sumo wrestler
Paul-Henri Spaak
1972
Belgian politician (1899–1972)
Walter P. Carter
1971
American activist
Jack Pizzey
1968
Australian politician
Bud Powell
1966
American jazz pianist and composer (1924–1966)
Jim Reeves
1964
American singer (1923–1964)
Eino Kaila
1958
Finnish philosopher
Onofre Marimón
1954
Argentine racing driver (1923–1954)
Robert A. Taft
1953
American politician (1889–1953)
Cho Ki-chon
1951
North Korean poet (1913–1951)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1944
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
Hedley Verity
1943
English cricketer (1905–1943)
Francis Younghusband
1942
British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer (1863–1942)
Udham Singh
1940
Indian revolutionary (1899–1940)
Ion Dragoumis
1920
Greek diplomat and philosopher (1878–1920)
Francis Ledwidge
1917
Irish poet
Hedd Wyn
1917
Welsh poet (1887–1917)
Jean Jaurès
1914
French Socialist leader (1859–1914)
John Milne
1913
British geologist and mining engineer (1850–1913)
1800s
Jean-Baptiste Capronnier
1891
Belgian stained glass painter (1814–1891)
Franz Liszt
1886
Hungarian composer and pianist (1811–1886)
Kiến Phúc
1884
7th emperor of Nguyễn-dynasty Vietnam (1883-84)
Andrew Johnson
1875
President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
Louis Hachette
1864
French magazine publisher (1800–1864)
Dheeran Chinnamalai
1805
Indian freedom fighter
Before 1800
Denis Diderot
1784
French philosopher and writer (1713–1784)
John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley
1781
British parliamentarian
Luis Vicente de Velasco
1762
Spanish Navy officer (1711–1762)
John V of Portugal
1750
King of Portugal from 1706 to 1750
Nicolaus II Bernoulli
1726
Swiss mathematician (1695-1726)
Willem Kalf
1693
Dutch still-life painter (1619–1693)
Thomas Dudley
1653
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576–1653)
Sibylla Schwarz
1638
German poet of the Baroque era
Roger Wilbraham
1616
English lawyer and Solicitor-General for Ireland
Ignatius of Loyola
1556
Basque Spaniard Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
Na'od
1508
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1494 to 1507
William Courtenay (bishop)
1396
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1381 to 1396
Étienne Marcel
1358
French politician (d. 1358)
Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
1098
Fu Yanqing
975
Chinese military general, monarch and politician
Feng Xingxi
910
Chinese late Tang-era warlord (died 910)
Peter Chrysologus
450
Bishop of Ravenna
Aurelia (mother of Caesar)
-54
Roman noblewoman, mother of Julius Caesar (d. 54 BCE)