Famous Deaths on August 31, Who Died on August 31
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1054 | Kunigunde of Altdorf, Frankish noblewoman (b. c. 1020) |
| 1056 | Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (b. 981) |
| 1158 | Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134) |
| 1234 | Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) |
| 1287 | Konrad von Würzburg, German poet |
| 1324 | Henry II of Jerusalem (b. 1271) |
| 1372 | Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301) |
| 1422 | Henry V of England (b. 1386) |
| 1450 | Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (b. 1395) |
| 1502 | Thomas Wode, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas |
| 1528 | Matthias Grünewald, German artist (b. 1470) |
| 1645 | Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566) |
| 1654 | Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (b. 1588) |
| 1688 | John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (b. 1628) |
| 1730 | Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (b. 1660) |
| 1741 | Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (b. 1681) |
| 1772 | William Borlase, English geologist and historian (b. 1695) |
| 1795 | François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (b. 1726) |
| 1799 | Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720) |
| 1811 | Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729) |
| 1814 | Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738) |
| 1817 | Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747) |
| 1818 | Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745) |
| 1858 | Chief Oshkosh, Menominee chief (b. 1795) |
| 1867 | Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821) |
| 1869 | Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827) |
| 1884 | Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814) |
| 1908 | Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875) |
| 1910 | Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875) |
| 1912 | Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864) |
| 1920 | Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832) |
| 1924 | Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881) |
| 1927 | Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865) |
| 1937 | Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905) |
| 1940 | Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871) |
| 1941 | Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874) |
| 1948 | Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896) |
| 1951 | Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903) |
| 1952 | Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868) |
| 1954 | Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869) |
| 1963 | Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882) |
| 1965 | E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890) |
| 1967 | Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891) |
| 1968 | John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933) |
| 1969 | Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923) |
| 1973 | John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894) |
| 1974 | William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918) |
| 1978 | John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (b. 1913) |
| 1979 | Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (b. 1904) |
| 1984 | Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (b. 1927) |
| 1985 | Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) |
| 1986 | Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893) |
| 1990 | Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922) |
| 1991 | Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (b. 1931) |
| 1997 | Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961) |
| 2000 | Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912) |
| 2002 | Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908) |
| 2005 | Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) |
| 2006 | Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983) |
| 2007 | Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932) |
| 2008 | Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941) |
| 2010 | Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (b. 1960) |
| 2011 | Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976) |
| 2012 | Max Bygraves, English actor (b. 1922) |
| 2013 | Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (b. 1934) |
| 2014 | Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (b. 1926) |
| 2018 | Carole Shelley, British-American actress (b. 1939) |
| 2019 | Anthoine Hubert, French race car driver (b. 1996) |
| 2020 | Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India (b. 1935) |
| 2021 | Mahal, Filipino comedian and actress (b. 1974) |
| 318 | Liu Cong, emperor of the Xiongnu state |
| 577 | John Scholasticus, Byzantine patriarch and saint |
| 651 | Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and saint |
| 731 | Ōtomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (b. 665) |
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