History Deaths on August 31

Henry V of England (b. 1386)

#Henry_V_of_England

Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)

#Emperor_Go-Horikawa

Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)

#Georges_Gauthier

Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

#Thomas_Bavin

Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)

#Elsa_Barker

Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)

#Ilya_Ehrenburg

Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)

#Mary_Ward_(scientist)

Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)

#Robert_Calder

Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)

#Todor_Aleksandrov

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (b. 1681)

#Johann_Gottlieb_Heineccius

George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)

#George_Porter

Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)

#Sancho_III_of_Castile

Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908)

#Lionel_Hampton

Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)

#Charles_Baudelaire

Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (b. 1932)

#Stan_Goldberg

?tomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (b. 665)

#?tomo_no_Tabito

Tiger Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1886)

#Tiger_Smith

William Borlase, English geologist and historian (b. 1695)

#William_Borlase

Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

#Joseph_Rotblat

Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)

#Ken_Campbell

Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (b. 1926)

#Edward_Douglas-Scott-Montagu,_3rd_Baron_Montagu_of_Beaulieu

Kunigunde of Altdorf, Frankish noblewoman (b. c. 1020)

#Kunigunde_of_Altdorf

Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (b. 1960)

#Laurent_Fignon

Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)

#Sir_John_Duckworth,_1st_Baronet

John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)

#John_Ford

Carole Shelley, British-American actress (b. 1939)

#Carole_Shelley

Matthias Grünewald, German artist (b. 1470)

#Matthias_Grünewald

Anthoine Hubert, French racing driver (b. 1996)

#Anthoine_Hubert

François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (b. 1726)

#François-André_Danican_Philidor

Em?ls D?rzi?š, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)

#Em?ls_D?rzi?š

Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)

#Kashiram_Rana

Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)

#Carol_Vadnais

Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)

#Leslie_Green

Tom Scott, American football player (b. 1930)

#Tom_Scott_(linebacker)

Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)

#Andranik

Henry II of Jerusalem (b. 1271)

#Henry_II_of_Jerusalem

Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (b. 1927)

#Carlo_Maria_Martini

Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)

#Arthur_Phillip

John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (b. 1628)

#John_Bunyan

Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)

#Urho_Kekkonen

Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720)

#Nicolas-Henri_Jardin

Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (b. 1904)

#Sally_Rand

Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)

#Marina_Tsvetaeva

Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (b. 1588)

#Ole_Worm

Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)

#Norman_Kirk

Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)

#Henri_Bourassa

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)

#Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville

Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)

#Wade_Belak

Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and saint

#Aidan_of_Lindisfarne

Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)

#Diana,_Princess_of_Wales

Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)

#Henry_Moore

Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)

#Andrei_Zhdanov

Konrad von Würzburg, German poet

#Konrad_von_Würzburg

Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)

#Georges_Braque

Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)

#Wilhelm_Wundt

?tefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1931)

#?tefan_Andrei

David Frost, English journalist and game show host (b. 1939)

#David_Frost

Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)

#Ruth_Baldwin_(died_1937)

Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)

Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1939)

Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)

Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (b. 1934)

Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (b. 1911)

John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (b. 1931)

Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (b. 1944)

Max Bygraves, English actor (b. 1922)

Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939)

Ike Pappas, American journalist (b. 1933)

Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (b. 1926)

Jean Jacques Paradis, Canadian general (b. 1928)

Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)

Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)

Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)

Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)

Dolores Moore, American baseball player and educator (b. 1932)

Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912)

Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)

Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (b. 1931)

Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)

Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)

Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (b. 1927)

John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)

William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)

John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)

E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)

Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)

Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)

Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)

Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (b. 1660)

Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566)

Thomas Wode, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (b. 1395)

Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)

Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (b. 981)

Han Xizai, Chinese official (b. 902)

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i, Muslim governor

John Scholasticus, Byzantine patriarch and saint

Liu Cong, emperor of the Xiongnu state