History Deaths on July 31

Tony Sly, American musician, singer-songwriter (b. 1970)

#Tony_Sly

Harold Prince, noted Broadway producer and director, who received more Tony awards than anyone else in history (b. 1928)

#Harold_Prince

Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (b. 1619)

#Willem_Kalf

John Graves, American captain and author (b. 1920)

#John_Graves_(author)

Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)

#Onofre_Marimón

Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)

#Bobby_Robson

Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (b. 1948)

#Nabarun_Bhattacharya

Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)

#Wilfred_Feinberg

Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)

#Francis_Ledwidge

Pascual Jordan, German physicist, author, and academic (b. 1902)

#Pascual_Jordan

Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)

#Eugene_Carson_Blake

Sibylla Schwarz, German poet (b. 1621)

#Sibylla_Schwarz

Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

#Albert_Leduc

Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)

#Nicolaus_II_Bernoulli

John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (b. 1719)

#John_Bligh,_3rd_Earl_of_Darnley

Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)

#Hedley_Verity

Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest and theologian, founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1491)

#Ignatius_of_Loyola

Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)

#Eino_Kaila

Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)

#Francis_Younghusband

Étienne Marcel, French rebel leader (b. 1302)

#Étienne_Marcel

Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)

#Jean-Baptiste_Capronnier

Baudouin, King of Belgium (b. 1930)

#Baudouin_of_Belgium

Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury

#Hugh_of_Montgomery,_2nd_Earl_of_Shrewsbury

Ki?n Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)

#Ki?n_Phúc

Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)

#Billy_Pierce

Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)

#Hedd_Wyn

Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 58th Yokozuna (b. 1955)

#Chiyonofuji_Mitsugu

Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (b. 1553)

#Roger_Wilbraham

William Courtenay, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1342)

#William_Courtenay

Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1926)

#Richard_Schweiker

John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)

#John_Milne

Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

#Ion_Dragoumis

Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)

#Dheeran_Chinnamalai

John V, king of Portugal (b. 1689)

#John_V_of_Portugal

Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)

#Jean_Jaurès

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)

#Antoine_de_Saint-Exupéry

Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)

#Mohammed_Rafi

Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933)

#Guido_Crepax

Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)

#Franz_Liszt

Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)

#Robert_A._Taft

Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)

#Chiune_Sugihara

Peter Chrysologus, Italian bishop and saint (b. 380)

#Peter_Chrysologus

Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)

#Virginia_Grey

Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b. 1928)

#Jeanne_Moreau

Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)

#Jack_Pizzey

Seymour Papert, South African mathematician (b. 1928)

#Seymour_Papert

Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)

#Azumafuji_Kin'ichi

Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1925)

#Gore_Vidal

Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (b. 1940)

#Alan_Cheuse

Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)

#Wim_Duisenberg

Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)

#Louis_Christophe_François_Hachette

Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler and actor (b. 1954)

#Roddy_Piper

Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)

#Andrew_Johnson

Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (b. 1917)

#Leonard_Cheshire

Thomas Dudley, English soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)

#Thomas_Dudley

Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)

#Paul-Henri_Spaak

Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)

#Joseph_E._Levine

Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)

#Omar_Torrijos

Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)

#Denis_Diderot

Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (b. 1922)

#Michael_Ansara

Tony Bullimore, British sailor & businessman (b. 1939)

Howard W. Jones, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910)

Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948)

Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (b. 1925)

Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (b. 1930)

Michel Donnet, English-Belgian general and pilot (b. 1917)

Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1924)

Mollie Hunter, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1922)

Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)

Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)

Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1914)

William Keepers Maxwell Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1908)

Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)

Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)

Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)

Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)

Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)

Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)

Na'od, Ethiopian emperor

Fu Yanqing, Chinese general (b. 898)

Feng Xingxi, Chinese warlord

Aurelia Cotta, Roman mother of Gaius Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC)