Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 31 October today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for October 31
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on October 31
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 932 | Al-Muqtadir, Abbasid caliph (b. 895) |
| 994 | Wolfgang of Regensburg, German bishop and saint (b. 934) |
| 1005 | Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (b. 921) |
| 1034 | Deokjong, Korean ruler (b. 1016) |
| 1147 | Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I of England (b. 1100) |
| 1214 | Eleanor of England, queen consort of Castile (b. 1163) |
| 1320 | Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242) |
| 1335 | Marie of Évreux, Duchess Consort of Brabant (b. 1303) |
| 1448 | John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1390) |
| 1517 | Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) |
| 1589 | Peter Stumpp, German farmer and alleged serial killer (b. 1535)[16] |
| 1641 | Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597) |
| 1659 | John Bradshaw, English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1602) |
| 1661 | Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1575) |
| 1732 | Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1666) |
| 1733 | Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676) |
| 1744 | Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694) |
| 1768 | Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690) |
| 1786 | Princess Amelia of Great Britain (b. 1711) |
| 1806 | Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753) |
| 1860 | Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775) |
| 1869 | Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788) |
| 1879 | Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803) |
| 1884 | Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858) |
| 1913 | William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857) |
| 1916 | Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852) |
| 1918 | Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890) |
| 1920 | Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854) |
| 1925 | Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883) |
| 1926 | Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874) |
| 1929 | António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866) |
| 1931 | Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851) |
| 1939 | Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884) |
| 1944 | Joseph Hubert Priestley, British botanist (b. 1883) |
| 1952 | Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879) |
| 1959 | Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885) |
| 1960 | H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894) |
| 1962 | Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877) |
| 1963 | Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902) |
| 1972 | Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916) |
| 1973 | Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905) |
| 1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906) |
| 1977 | C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904) |
| 1980 | Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905) |
| 1983 | George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895) |
| 1984 | Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900) |
| 1985 | Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907) |
| 1986 | Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) |
| 1988 | John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 1991 | Joseph Papp, American stage director and producer (b. 1921) |
| 1992 | Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (b. 1974) |
| 1993 | Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
| 1995 | Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (b. 1938) |
| 1996 | Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906) |
| 1998 | Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935) |
| 1999 | Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975) |
| 2000 | Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915) |
| 2001 | Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970) |
| 2002 | Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (b. 1945) |
| 2003 | Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919) |
| 2005 | Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920) |
| 2006 | P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916) |
| 2007 | Erdal İnönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926) |
| 2008 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (b. 1912) |
| 2009 | Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921) |
| 2010 | Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928) |
| 2011 | Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941) |
| 2012 | Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | Chris Chase, American actress and author (b. 1924) |
| 2014 | David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926) |
| 2015 | Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (b. 1925) |
| 2018 | Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b. 1938) |
| 2020 | MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (b. 1971) |
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