October 31 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1147 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. c.1090)
• 1214 – Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1162)
• 1448 – John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1390)
• 1517 – Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)
• 1641 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral and privateer (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 Savoy (b. 1666)
• 1733 – Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
• 1744 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
• 1765 – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (b. 1721)
• 1768 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (b. 1690)
• 1860 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (b. 1775)
• 1879 – Jacob Abbott, American author (b. 1803)
• 1879 – Joseph Hooker, American General (b. 1814)
• 1883 – Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual figure (b. 1824)
• 1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)
• 1913 – William Evans-Gordon, British politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 – Charles Taze Russell, American religious figure (b. 1852)
• 1918 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 – Alphonse Desjardins, Québécois journalist and credit union executive (b. 1854)
• 1925 – Max Linder, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born American magician (b. 1874)
• 1929 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician (b. 1866)
• 1939 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (b. 1884)
• 1946 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (b. 1887)
• 1952 – U 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 thinker (b. 1905)
• 1975 – SD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1906)
• 1980 – Jan Werich, czech actor, playwright and writer (b. 1905)
• 1983 – George Halas, American professional football coach and team owner (b. 1895)
• 1984 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician (b. 1917)
• 1984 – Eduardo de Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1985 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (b. 1913)
• 1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
• 1985 – Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (b. 1918)
• 1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1896)
• 1987 – Joseph Campbell, American author and expert on mythology (b. 1904)
• 1988 – John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor and director (b. 1902)
• 1988 – Alfred Pellan, Québécois painter (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Joseph Papp, American theatrical producer (b. 1921)
• 1991 – Gene Anderson, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
• 1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian director (b. 1920)
• 1993 – River Phoenix, American actor (b. 1970)
• 1995 – Rosalind Cash, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1996 – Marcel Carné, French film director (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2000 – Watanabe Kazuki, Japanese musician (Raphael) (b. 1981)
• 2000 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)
• 2002 – Lionel Poilâne, French baker and entrepreneur (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 political historian (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Mary Wimbush, English actress (b. 1924)
• 2005 – John "Beatz" Holohan, American drummer (Bayside) (b. 1974)
• 2005 – Hal Anger, American biophysicist (b. 1920)
• 2006 – P. W. Botha, South African politician (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Peter Fryer, English writer and journalist (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby footballer (b. 1951)
• 2008 – Studs Terkel, American author and radio personality (b. 1912)
• 2009 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer and special counsel to John F. Kennedy (b. 1928)