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History Deaths on October 31


Richard Neustadt
Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)

#Richard_Neustadt

Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I of England (b. 1100)

#Robert,_1st_Earl_of_Gloucester

Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile
Eleanor of England, queen consort of Castile (b. 1163)

#Eleanor_of_England,_Queen_of_Castile

Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)

#Indira_Gandhi

Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)

#Cosimo_III_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Fra Bartolomeo
Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)

#Fra_Bartolomeo

Otto Rank
Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)

#Otto_Rank

Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)

#Egon_Schiele

Alfred Pellan
Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906)

#Alfred_Pellan

Abe no Seimei
Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (b. 921)

#Abe_no_Seimei

Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

#Eduardo_De_Filippo

Mikhail Frunze
Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)

#Mikhail_Frunze

David Manker Abshire
David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926)

#David_Manker_Abshire

Wolfgang of Regensburg
Wolfgang of Regensburg, German bishop and saint (b. 934)

#Wolfgang_of_Regensburg

Raf Vallone
Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)

#Raf_Vallone

Max Linder
Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

#Max_Linder

Willie McCovey
Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b. 1938)

#Willie_McCovey

Bryan O'Loghlen
Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)

#Bryan_O'Loghlen

Charles Taze Russell
Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)

#Charles_Taze_Russell

Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator)
Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)

#Alphonse_Desjardins_(co-operator)

P. W. Botha
P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916)

#P._W._Botha

Charles A. Wickliffe
Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)

#Charles_A._Wickliffe

John Bradshaw (judge)
John Bradshaw, English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1602)

#John_Bradshaw_(judge)

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)

#Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald

Sharof Rashidov
Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)

#Sharof_Rashidov

Norman Pritchard
Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)

#Norman_Pritchard

Octave Uzanne
Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)

#Octave_Uzanne

Jacob Abbott
Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)

#Jacob_Abbott

Brad Halsey
Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b. 1981)

#Brad_Halsey

John H. Reed
John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921)

#John_H._Reed

Johnny Kucks
Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (b. 1933)

#Johnny_Kucks

Flórián Albert
Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)

#Flórián_Albert

Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel, American historian and author (b. 1912)

#Studs_Terkel

Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)

#Eberhard_Louis,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Gae Aulenti
Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (b. 1927)

#Gae_Aulenti

Marie Bashkirtseff
Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)

#Marie_Bashkirtseff

Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)

#Federico_Fellini

John Houseman
John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)

#John_Houseman

Francesco Maria Veracini
Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)

#Francesco_Maria_Veracini

Elmer Vasko
Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)

#Elmer_Vasko

River Phoenix
River Phoenix, American actor and singer (b. 1970)

#River_Phoenix

Chit Hlaing
Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)

#Chit_Hlaing

Huang Xing
Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)

#Huang_Xing

Gus Savage
Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (b. 1925)

#Gus_Savage

John VIII Palaiologos
John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1390)

#John_VIII_Palaiologos

George Halas
George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)

#George_Halas

Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753)

#Utamaro

Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)

#Joseph_Hooker

C. B. Colby
C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)

#C._B._Colby

Lionel Poilâne
Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (b. 1945)

#Lionel_Poilâne

Andres Narvasa
Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1928)

#Andres_Narvasa

William Evans-Gordon
William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)

#William_Evans-Gordon

Erdal ?nönü
Erdal ?nönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)

#Erdal_?nönü

Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)

#Harry_Houdini

Nikos Engonopoulos
Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)

#Nikos_Engonopoulos

Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1666)

#Victor_Amadeus_II_of_Sardinia

Bill Durnan
Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)

#Bill_Durnan

Bobby Parker (guitarist)
Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

#Bobby_Parker_(guitarist)

Qian Xuesen
Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (b. 1911)

#Qian_Xuesen

Robert S. Mulliken
Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)

#Robert_S._Mulliken

Ted Sorensen
Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928)

#Ted_Sorensen

Leonardo Leo
Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)

#Leonardo_Leo

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1575)

#Köprülü_Mehmed_Pasha

Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam, Indian author and poet (b. 1919)

#Amrita_Pritam

Al-Muqtadir
Al-Muqtadir, Abbasid caliph (b. 895)

#Al-Muqtadir

Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922)
John Forzani, Canadian football player and businessman (b. 1947)
Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (b. 1975)
Trevor Kletz, English chemist and author (b. 1922)
Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (b. 1929)
Chris Chase, American actress and author (b. 1924)
John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917)
Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 1926)
Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922)
Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921)
Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1951)
Peter Fryer, English journalist and author (b. 1927)
Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920)
Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (b. 1903)
Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)
Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (b. 1981)
Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915)
Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and saint (Roman Catholic Church) (b. 1926)
Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (b. 1974)
Joseph Papp, American stage director and producer (b. 1921)
Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597)
Marie of Évreux, Duchess Consort of Brabant (b. 1303)
Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242)
Deokjong, Korean ruler (b. 1016)