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In the year 1931
1,230 Notable birthdays
Ayako Sono
Japanese writer.
Born September 17th, 1931 in Katsushika.
Died February 28th, 2025 at 93 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Márta Mészáros
Hungarian screenwriter and film director (born 1931).
Born September 19th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Budapest.
Thomas C. Oden
American theologian (1931–2016).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Altus.
Died December 8th, 2016 at 85 years old in Oklahoma City.
Petr Ufimtsev
Soviet mathematician and physicist.
Born July 8th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan.
Nigel Calder
British science writer (1931–2014).
Born December 2nd, 1931 in Greater London.
Died June 25th, 2014 at 82 years old in Crawley.
Emilio Fede
Italian journalist, writer and politician (1931-2025).
Born June 24th, 1931 in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto.
Died September 2nd, 2025 at 94 years old in Segrate. [ref]
Ivan Klíma
Czech playwright, author, publicist, and university educator.
Born September 14th, 1931 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 4th, 2025 at 94 years old in Prague. [ref]
Franco Interlenghi
Italian actor (1931-2015).
Born October 29th, 1931 in Rome.
Died September 10th, 2015 at 83 years old in Rome (disease). [ref]
Mike Parkes
English racing driver (1931-1977).
Born September 24th, 1931 in Richmond.
Died August 28th, 1977 at 45 years old in Riva presso Chieri (traffic collision).
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar
Bangladeshi lawyer and former president of bangladesh.
Born December 1st, 1931 (age 94 years) in Tetulia Upazila.
Ola Ullsten
Swedish politician, prime minister of sweden between october 1978 and october 1979 (1931–2018).
Born June 23rd, 1931 in Umeå landsförsamling.
Died May 28th, 2018 at 86 years old in Öja District. [ref]
Lucian Mureșan
Romanian greek catholic cardinal (1931–2025).
Born May 23rd, 1931 in Firiza.
Died September 25th, 2025 at 94 years old in Blaj.
Julio Grondona
Argentine football administrator (1931-2014).
Born September 18th, 1931 in Avellaneda.
Died July 30th, 2014 at 82 years old in Buenos Aires (aortic aneurysm). [ref]
Paul Benacerraf
American philosopher.
Born March 26th, 1931 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2025 at 93 years old in Princeton. [ref]
D. M. Jayaratne
Sri lankan politician (1931–2019).
Born June 7th, 1931 in Colombo.
Died November 19th, 2019 at 88 years old in Kandy. [ref]
Roger Piantoni
French footballer (1931–2018).
Born December 26th, 1931 in Étain.
Died May 26th, 2018 at 86 years old in Nancy. [ref]
Klaus Wunderlich
German musician (1931–1997).
Born June 18th, 1931 in Chemnitz.
Died October 28th, 1997 at 66 years old in Engen (myocardial infarction).
Tom Adams
Prime minister of barbados.
Born September 24th, 1931 in Barbados.
Died March 11th, 1985 at 53 years old in Barbados (myocardial infarction).
Jacob Ziv
Israeli computer scientist (1931–2023).
Born November 27th, 1931 in Tiberias.
Died March 25th, 2023 at 91 years old [ref]
Will McBride
American photographer (1931-2015).
Born January 10th, 1931 in St. Louis.
Died January 29th, 2015 at 84 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Marina Popovich
Soviet pilot, writer and ufologist (1931-2017).
Born July 20th, 1931 in Velizhsky District.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 86 years old in Krasnodar.
Ronald Drever
British physicist (1931-2017).
Born October 26th, 1931 in Paisley. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2017 at 85 years old in Edinburgh (dementia).
Nicole Courcel
French actress (1931-2016).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Saint-Cloud.
Died June 25th, 2016 at 84 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle