October 31 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1147 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English son of Henry I of England (b. 1090)
• 1214 – Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (b. 1162)
• 1448 – John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1390)
• 1641 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597)
• 1659 – John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)
• 1723 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
• 1732 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (b. 1666)
• 1733 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
• 1744 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
• 1765 – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (b. 1721)
• 1768 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (b. 1690)
• 1860 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral (b. 1775)
• 1879 – Jacob Abbott, American author (b. 1803)
• 1879 – Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
• 1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)
• 1913 – William Evans-Gordon, English politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 – Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1918 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 – Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist (b. 1854)
• 1925 – Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician (b. 1874)
• 1926 – Philip Schuster, American gymnast (b. 1883)
• 1929 – Ilm-ud-din, Islamic murderer (b. 1908)
• 1929 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 – Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1939 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (b. 1884)
• 1946 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Chit Hlaing, Burmese politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 – Jean Cabannes, French physicist (b. 1885)
• 1972 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1975 –, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1906)
• 1980 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1983 – George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1984 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1984 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (b. 1918)
• 1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
• 1985 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (b. 1913)
• 1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1988 – John Houseman, Romanian-American actor and director (b. 1902)
• 1988 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Gene Anderson, American wrestler (b. 1933)
• 1991 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (b.1974)
• 1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian director (b. 1920)
• 1993 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (b. 1970)
• 1995 – Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
• 1996 – Marcel Carné, French director (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2000 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)
• 2002 – Lionel Poilâne, French businessman (b. 1945)
• 2002 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1903)
• 2002 – Raf Vallone, Italian actor (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian singer (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Richard Neustadt, American historian (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Hal Anger, American biophysicist (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Mary Wimbush, English actress (b. 1924)
• 2006 – P. W. Botha, South African politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Peter Fryer, English journalist (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player (b. 1951)
• 2008 – Studs Terkel, American author and actor (b. 1912)
• 2009 – Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer (b. 1941)
• 2012 – June Blundell, New Zealand wife of Denis Blundell (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Brian Cobby, English actor (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Alfons Demming, German bishop (b. 1928)
• 2012 – John Fitch, American race car driver (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Alexander Kibrik, Russian linguist (b. 1939)
• 2012 – John H. Reed, American politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Teri Shields, American actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Konstantin Vyrupayev, Soviet wrestler (b. 1930)