History Deaths on January 31

Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)

#Jacob_Roggeveen

Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect and set designer, designed the Basilica of Superga (b. 1678)

#Filippo_Juvarra

Henry, king of Portugal (b. 1512)

#Henry,_King_of_Portugal

Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)

#Timothy_Eaton

Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal (b. 1923)

#Anthony_Bevilacqua

Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1654)

#Thomas_Grey,_2nd_Earl_of_Stamford

Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (b. 1959)

#Francis_M._Fesmire

Máedóc of Ferns, Irish bishop and saint (b. 550)

#Máedóc_of_Ferns

Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)

#Norm_Zauchin

Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1543)

#Claudio_Acquaviva

Menno Simons, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1496)

#Menno_Simons

Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)

#Auguste_Herbin

John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#John_Mott

José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)

#José_Félix_Ribas

Bairam Khan, Mughalan general (b. 1501)

#Bairam_Khan

George Abbott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1887)

#George_Abbott

Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919)

#Gabby_Gabreski

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1923)

#Rubén_Bonifaz_Nuño

Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1924)

#Abdirizak_Haji_Hussein

Ry?gen, Japanese monk and abbot (b. 912)

#Ry?gen

Xuande, emperor of China (b. 1398)

#Xuande_Emperor

Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)

#Edwin_Howard_Armstrong

Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

#Henry_Larkin

John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)

#John_Cheyne_(physician)

Suraiya, Indian actress and playback singer (b. 1929)

#Suraiya

Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)

#Jost_Bürgi

Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)

#Charles_Spurgeon

Mariot Arbuthnot, English admiral and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1711)

#Mariot_Arbuthnot

John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)

#John_Galsworthy

Richard von Weizsäcker, German captain and politician, 6th President of Germany (b. 1920)

#Richard_von_Weizsäcker

Ambrose Rookwood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1578)

#Ambrose_Rookwood

Rob Stewart, Canadian filmmaker (b. 1979)

#Rob_Stewart_(filmmaker)

Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (b. 1913)

#Eleanor_Holm

Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 1st Vice President of Iran (b. 1937)

#Hassan_Habibi

Lizabeth Scott, American actress (b. 1922)

#Lizabeth_Scott

Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)

#Eligiusz_Niewiadomski

Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)

#Cilibi_Moise

Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

#Ragnar_Frisch

Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (b. 1908)

#Eddie_Tolan

Mircea I, prince of Wallachia (b. 1355)

#Mircea_I_of_Wallachia

Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)

#Karl_Selter

A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)

#A._A._Milne

Johannes Clauberg, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1622)

#Johannes_Clauberg

Mani Ram Bagri, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)

#Mani_Ram_Bagri

Rasual Butler, American professional basketball player (b. 1979)

#Rasual_Butler

Theodore II, patriarch of Constantinople

#Theodore_II_of_Constantinople

Jean Mairet, French playwright (b. 1604)

#Jean_Mairet

William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896)

#William_Stephenson

Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (b. 1926)

#Moira_Shearer

John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)

#John_Douglas,_9th_Marquess_of_Queensberry

Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German zoologist and academic (b. 1901)

#Eveline_Du_Bois-Reymond_Marcus

Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)

#Arthur_Percival

Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Goldwyn Pictures (b. 1882)

#Samuel_Goldwyn

John Joseph Scanlan, Irish-American bishop (b. 1930)

#John_Joseph_Scanlan

Tatsuz? Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1905)

#Tatsuz?_Ishikawa

Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)

#Vivian_Woodward

Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (b. 1763)

#Manuel_Alberti

Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)

#Evert_Taube

Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)

#Meher_Baba

Guy Fawkes, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1570)

#Guy_Fawkes

Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (b. 1923)

#Gordon_R._Dickson

Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1921)

#Miklós_Jancsó

Udo Lattek, German footballer, coach, and journalist (b. 1935)

#Udo_Lattek

Christopher Jones, American actor (b. 1941)

#Christopher_Jones_(actor)

Hemma of Altdorf, Frankish queen

#Hemma

Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

#Jean_Giraudoux

Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)

#Henri_Gatien_Bertrand

John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)

#John_Bosco

Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)

#Alexander_Ypsilantis

Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (b. 1926)

#Gil_Kane

Terry Wogan, Irish-British radio and television host (b. 1938)

#Terry_Wogan

Gil Carmichael, American businessman and politician (b. 1927)

Vic Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)

Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1928)

Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (b. 1922)

Dorothea Tanning, American painter and sculptor (b. 1910)

Tristram Potter Coffin, American author, scholar, and academic (b. 1922)

Mark Ryan, English guitarist and playwright (b. 1959)

Bartolomeu Anania, Romanian bishop and poet (b. 1921)

Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1929)

Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (b. 1944)

Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and trainer, co-founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (b. 1938)

Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1935)

Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

Reginald Baker, English-Australian film producer (b. 1896)

Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (b. 1941)

Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891)

Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)

Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)

Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1571)

Suk?, emperor of Japan (b. 1334)

William V, duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)