Joel Antônio Martins

Brazilian footballer (1931-2003).

Born November 23rd, 1931 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died January 1st, 2003 at 71 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Bassano Staffieri

Catholic bishop (1931-2018).

Born September 6th, 1931 in Casalpusterlengo.

Died July 31st, 2018 at 86 years old in La Spezia (cerebral hemorrhage).

Bohumil Golian

Slovak volleyballist.

Born March 25th, 1931 in Moštenica. ^[ref]

Died January 11th, 2012 at 80 years old in Bratislava. ^[ref]

Edward Frederick Anderson

American botanist (1931-2001).

Born June 17th, 1931 in Covina.

Died March 29th, 2001 at 69 years old

Thomas A. White

Irish catholic archbishop (1931-2017).

Born August 12th, 1931 in Durrow.

Died May 7th, 2017 at 85 years old in Gowran.

Olaf B. Bjørnstad

Norwegian ski jumper (1931-2013).

Born January 10th, 1931 in Norway.

Died May 12th, 2013 at 82 years old

Antons Justs

Latvian theologian, university teacher and catholic priest (1931-2019).

Born November 22nd, 1931 in Varakļāni.

Died February 17th, 2019 at 87 years old in Jelgava.

William Andre

Modern pentathlete.

Born August 23rd, 1931 in Montclair.

Died October 17th, 2019 at 88 years old ^[ref]

Masami Kubota

Olympic gymnast.

Born December 6th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Osaka Prefecture.

Richard Wahlstrom

American rower (1931–2003).

Born November 8th, 1931 in Seattle.

Died December 18th, 2003 at 72 years old in Edmonds.

Jan Bochenek

Polish weightlifter (1931-2011).

Born September 20th, 1931.

Died November 2nd, 2011 at 80 years old in Łódź.

Malcolm Morley

English artist (1931-2018).

Born June 7th, 1931 in London.

Died June 2nd, 2018 at 86 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Paul Depaepe

Belgian cyclist.

Born October 12th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Deurne.

Paul Lange

German canoe racer (1931–2016).

Born February 6th, 1931 in Oberhausen.

Died March 15th, 2016 at 85 years old in Oberhausen. ^[ref]

Ada Rybachuk

Soviet ukrainian muralist, painter, sculptor and architect (1931-2010).

Born June 27th, 1931 in Kyiv.

Died September 22nd, 2010 at 79 years old in Kyiv.

Robert Merkulov

Soviet speed skater (1931–2022).

Born August 9th, 1931 in Moscow.

Died November 6th, 2022 at 91 years old ^[ref]

Krystyna Radzikowska

Polish chess player (1931-2006).

Born February 5th, 1931 in Lviv.

Died November 29th, 2006 at 75 years old

Willy Fossli

Norwegian association football player (1931-2017).

Born July 8th, 1931 in Asker.

Died January 29th, 2017 at 85 years old ^[ref]

Karl Weidmann

Swiss rower.

Born July 4th, 1931 (age 95 years).

Feliks Soboliev

Ukrainian soviet documentary filmmaker (1931–1984).

Born July 25th, 1931 in Kharkiv.

Died April 20th, 1984 at 52 years old in Kyiv.

Nelson Chelle

Uruguayan basketball player (1931–2001).

Born May 18th, 1931.

Died December 17th, 2001 at 70 years old

Shakuntala Karandikar

Indian author.

Born July 20th, 1931.

Died June 1st, 2018 at 86 years old

Leonid Gissen

Russian rower.

Born June 28th, 1931 in Moscow.

Died February 7th, 2005 at 73 years old in Moscow.

Walter Leiser

Swiss rower (1931–2023).

Born May 4th, 1931. ^[ref]

Died December 9th, 2023 at 92 years old in Thalwil. ^[ref]

Richard Norris

Field hockey player (1931–2012).

Born December 10th, 1931 in Mumbai.

Died August 25th, 2012 at 80 years old in Pretoria. ^[ref]