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In the year 1931
1,234 Notable birthdays
Cotton Fitzsimmons
American basketball coach (1931–2004).
Born October 7th, 1931 in Hannibal.
Died July 24th, 2004 at 72 years old in Phoenix (lung cancer).
Kenneth H. Cooper
American exercise instructor.
Lucio Urtubia
Spanish anarchist and forger (1931–2020).
Born February 18th, 1931 in Cascante.
Died July 18th, 2020 at 89 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Umberto Lenzi
Italian film director (1931–2017).
Born August 6th, 1931 in Massa Marittima. [ref]
Died October 19th, 2017 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Bernie Geoffrion
Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2006).
Born February 14th, 1931 in Montreal.
Died March 11th, 2006 at 75 years old in Atlanta (stomach cancer). [ref]
Nadja Regin
Serbian actress (1931-2019).
Born December 2nd, 1931 in Niš.
Died April 6th, 2019 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Tomi Ungerer
French illustrator and writer (1931–2019).
Born November 28th, 1931 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died February 9th, 2019 at 87 years old in Cork. [ref]
Toshiki Kaifu
Japanese politician (1931-2022).
Born January 2nd, 1931 in Nagoya.
Died January 9th, 2022 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Seán Ó Riada
Irish composer (1931–1971).
Born August 1st, 1931 in Cork.
Died October 3rd, 1971 at 40 years old in London (liver cirrhosis).
Tom Wesselmann
American artist (1931–2004).
Born February 23rd, 1931 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died December 17th, 2004 at 73 years old in New York City (surgical complications). [ref]
Christopher Chataway
British runner and politician (1931-2014).
Born January 31st, 1931 in Chelsea.
Died January 19th, 2014 at 82 years old in Westminster (cancer).
Frederic Raphael
American-british writer (born 1931).
Born August 14th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Chicago.
Ann Shulgin
American author and the widow of chemist alexander shulgin (1931–2022).
Born March 22nd, 1931 in Wellington.
Died July 9th, 2022 at 91 years old in Lafayette. [ref]
Martha Grimes
American crime writer and literature professor.
Yao Wenyuan
Chinese politician (1931–2005).
Born December 11th, 1931 in Zhuji.
Died December 23rd, 2005 at 74 years old in Shanghai (diabetes). [ref]
Cliff Hagan
American basketball player and coach.
Born December 9th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Owensboro.
Masahiro Shinoda
Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Died March 25th, 2025 at 94 years old in Gifu (pneumonia). [ref]
John Robert Schrieffer
American physicist (1931-2019).
Born May 31st, 1931 in Oak Park.
Died July 27th, 2019 at 88 years old in Tallahassee. [ref]
Heisuke Hironaka
Japanese mathematician.
Born April 9th, 1931 in Yamaguchi.
Died March 18th, 2026 at 94 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
James Abourezk
American politician (1931–2023).
Born February 24th, 1931 in Wood.
Died February 24th, 2023 at 92 years old in Sioux Falls. [ref]
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