October 31
(Redirected from 31 October)
October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1950
- 1147 - Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, son of King Henry I of England (b. 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)
- 1723 – Cosimo III de'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
- 1732 – Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (b. 1666)
- 1744 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
- 1765 – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (b. 1721)
- 1768 - Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (b. 1690)
- 1879 – Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
- 1883 - Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual figure (b. 1824)
- 1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)
- 1916 – Charles Taze Russell, American religious leader, founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses (b. 1852)
- 1918 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
- 1918 - István Tisza, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1861)
- 1925 - Mikhail Frunze, Russian revolutionary (b. 1885)
- 1925 - Max Linder, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1883)
- 1926 - Anteo Zamboni, Italian anarchist (b. 1911)
- 1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. 1874)
- 1929 - António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician (b. 1866)
- 1939 - Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (b. 1884)
- 1941 - Herwarth Walden, German writer, musician and composer (b. 1878)
1951 – 2000
- 1959 - Jean Cabannes, French physicist (b. 1885)
- 1961 - Augustus John, British painter (b. 1883)
- 1972 - Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
- 1973 - Malek Bennabi, Algerian thinker (b. 1905)
- 1979 - Putte Kock, Swedish sportsman (b. 1901)
- 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, Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
- 1984 - Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist (b. 1896)
- 1988 - John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor and director (b. 1902)
- 1991 - Joseph Papp, American director and producer (b. 1921)
- 1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian movie director (b. 1920)
- 1993 – River Phoenix, American actor (b. 1970)
- 1995 – Rosalind Cash, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1997 – Hans Bauer, German footballer (b. 1927)
- 1998 - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
- 1999 - Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom (b. 1921)
- 2000 - Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)
From 2001
- 2002 - Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1903)
- 2005 - Mary Wimbush, British actress (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Pieter Willem Botha, Apartheid-era President of South Africa (b. 1916)
- 2007 - Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player (b. 1951)
- 2008 – Studs Terkel, American writer, historian, actor and broadcaster (b. 1912)
- 2009 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
- 2010 - Ted Sorensen, American jurist and author (b. 1928)
- 2011 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer (b. 1941)
- 2011 – Ali Saibou, 3rd President of Niger (b. 1940)
- 2012 - John Fitch, American racing driver, engineer and inventor (b. 1917)
- 2012 - John H. Reed, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921)
- 2013 - Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (b. 1929)
- 2014 - David Manker Abshire, American diplomat (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese politician (b. 1922)
- 2014 - John Forzani, Canadian businessman (b. 1947)
- 2014 - Renato Sellani, Italian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b. 1981)
- 2015 - Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (b. 1938)
- 2015 - Gregg Palmer, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Gus Savage, American newspaper executive and politician (b. 1925)
- 2015 - Thomas Blatt, Polish Holocaust survivor and writer (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Vladimir Zeldin, Russian actor (b. 1915)
- 2017 - Abubakari Yakubu, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1981)
- 2017 - Mario das Neves, Argentine politician (b. 1951)
- 2017 - Papi Oviedo, Cuban musician (b. 1938)
- 2018 - Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b. 1938)
- 2018 - Dana G. Mead, American businessman (b. 1936)
- 2018 - Ken Shellito, English footballer and manager (b. 1940)
- 2018 - Tony Streather, British army officer and mountaineer (b. 1926)
- 2019 - Ebrahim Abadi, Iranian actor (b. 1934)
- 2019 - Enrico Braggiotti, Turkish-Monegasque banker (b. 1923)
- 2019 - Ann Crumb, American actress, animal rights activist and singer (b. 1950)
- 2019 - Geetanjali, Indian actress (b. 1947)
Births
Up to 1850
- 1291 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (d. 1361)
- 1345 – King Fernando I of Portugal (d. 1383)
- 1391 – King Duarte of Portugal (d. 1438)
- 1424 – Wladyslaw III of Poland (d. 1444)
- 1620 – John Evelyn, English writer and diarist (d. 1706)
- 1632 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
- 1636 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
- 1686 - Senesino, Italian singer (d. 1758)
- 1692 - Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1756)
- 1694 - Yeongjo of Joseon of Korea (d. 1776)
- 1705 – Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)
- 1711 – Laura Bassi, Italian university professor (d. 1778)
- 1737 – James Lovell, American educator (d. 1789)
- 1740 - William Paca, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1799)
- 1750 - Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquies of Alorna, Portuguese noblewoman, painter and poet (d. 1839)
- 1795 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821)
- 1802 - Charlotte Bonaparte, sister-in-law of Napoleon (d. 1839)
- 1815 - Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (d. 1897)
- 1815 - Thomas Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1884)
- 1817 - Heinrich Graetz, Prussian historian (d. 1891)
- 1821 - Karel Havlicek Borovsky, Czech poet, writer, politician and journalist (d. 1856)
- 1825 - Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal (d. 1892)
- 1826 - Joseph Roswell Hawley, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1905)
- 1827 - Richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895)
- 1828 - Joseph Wilson Swan, English physicist and chemist (d. 1914)
- 1831 - Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)
- 1835 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist (d. 1917)
- 1835 - Adelbert Ames, American politician (d. 1933)
- 1835 - Krisjanis Barons, Latvian writer (d. 1923)
- 1838 – King Louis I of Portugal (d. 1889)
- 1847 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian engineer and physicist (d. 1897)
- 1848 - Boston Custer, American general (d. 1876)
1851 – 1900
- 1851 – Lovisa of Sweden, Queen of Denmark (d. 1926)
- 1854 – Otto Sverdrup, Norwegian polar explorer (d. 1930)
- 1856 - Carlos Antonio Mendoza, 3rd President of Panama (d. 1916)
- 1857 - Axel Munthe, Swedish physician and psychiatrist (d. 1949)
- 1860 - Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America (d. 1927)
- 1864 – Einar Benediktsson, Icelandic poet and lawyer (d. 1940)
- 1868 - John Weir Tory, American journalist and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Alaska (d. 1942)
- 1875 - Eugene Meyer, 1st President of the World Bank (d. 1959)
- 1875 - Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)
- 1880 - Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet-Russian politician (d. 1936)
- 1883 - Marie Laurencin, French painter (d. 1956)
- 1883 - Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player (d. 1915)
- 1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Nationalist politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1975)
- 1887 - Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1970)
- 1888 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (d. 1941)
- 1888 - George Hubert Wilkins, Australian-born British explorer (d. 1958)
- 1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (d. 1946)
- 1895 - B. H. Liddell Hart, British soldier and military historian (d. 1970)
- 1896 – Ethel Waters, American actress and singer (d. 1977)
1901 – 1950
- 1903 - Bertrand Jouvenel, French political philosopher (d. 1987)
- 1908 - Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
- 1912 - Ollie Johnston, American animator (d. 2003)
- 1914 - Robert E. Smylie, American politician, 24th Governor of Idaho (d. 2004)
- 1916 – Carl Johan Bernadotte, Swedish prince (d. 2012)
- 1917 - William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian (d. 2016)
- 1918 - Griffin Bell, 72nd United States Attorney General (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician (d. 2017)
- 1920 – Dick Francis, British writer and jockey (d. 2010)
- 1920 - Takashi Kano, Japanese footballer (d. 2000)
- 1920 – Gunnar Gren, Swedish footballer (d. 1991)
- 1920 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
- 1920 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan activist (d. 1957)
- 1922 – Norodom Sihanouk, former King of Cambodia (d. 2012)
- 1922 - Illinois Jacquet, American jazz musician (d. 2004)
- 1922 - Anatoli Papanov, Soviet actor (d. 1987)
- 1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1925 – John Pople, British chemist (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Mario Abramovich, Argentine violinist and composer (d. 2014)
- 1927 - Edmund Gettier, American philosopher
- 1928 - Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1929 - Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Bud Spencer, Italian movie and television actor (d. 2016)
- 1930 – Michael Collins, American astronaut
- 1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist
- 1932 - Jacques Pic, French chef (d. 1992)
- 1933 - Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1933 - Narriman Sadek, Queen of Egypt (d. 2005)
- 1935 - Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Egyptian general and former caretaker-President
- 1936 – Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1937 - Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter
- 1939 - Tom O'Connor, English comedian and actor
- 1939 - Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
- 1939 – Ron Rifkin, American actor
- 1941 - Sally Kirkland, American actress
- 1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor (d. 2018)
- 1942 - George Brizan, Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 2012)
- 1943 - Paul Frampton, English physicist
- 1944 - Kinky Friedman, American country musician, writer and politician
- 1945 - Russ Ballard, English rock music singer, songwriter and guitarist
- 1945 - Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor
- 1947 - Carmen Alborch, Spanish writer and politician (d. 2018)
- 1947 – Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian politician
- 1947 - Alberto Bigon, Italian footballer
- 1948 - Michael Kitchen, British actor
- 1949 - Bob Siebenberg, American musician
- 1950 - Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born British architect (d. 2016)
- 1950 – John Candy, Canadian actor (d. 1994)
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Dave Trembley, American baseball manager
- 1953 - John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
- 1953 - Michael S. Anderson, American actor
- 1953 - José Costa, Portuguese footballer
- 1957 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
- 1958 - Debbie McGee, English television personality
- 1959 - Neal Stephenson, American actor
- 1959 - Michael DeLorenzo, American actor, singer and director
- 1960 - Reza Pahlavi, former Prince of Iran
- 1960 - Arnaud Desplechin, French movie director
- 1960 - Luis Fortuño, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand movie director
- 1961 – Larry Mullen Jr., Irish musician (U2)
- 1961 - Alonzo Babers, American athlete
- 1963 - Sarah Jane Brown, wife of Gordon Brown
- 1963 - Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician
- 1963 – Dermot Mulroney, American actor
- 1963 – Rob Schneider, American actor
- 1963 - Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1963 - Sanjeev Bhaskar, English actor
- 1963 – Dunga, Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1964 – Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer
- 1964 - Colm O Ciosoig, Irish drummer and songwriter
- 1964 - Marty Wright, American professional wrestler
- 1965 - Rob Rackstraw, English voice actor
- 1966 - Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer and actor
- 1966 - Mike O'Malley, actor
- 1967 - Irina Pantaeva, Russian model and actress
- 1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper
- 1968 - Fred McGriff, American baseball player
- 1970 - Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base)
- 1970 - Mitch Harris, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1970 - Johnny Moeller, American guitarist
- 1970 - Nolan North, American actor
- 1970 - Terry Alderton, English comedian
- 1972 – Matt Dawson, English rugby player
- 1973 - Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, scriptwriter and producer
- 1973 - Beverly Lynne, American actress
- 1973 - Arzum Onan, Turkish actress and model
- 1974 - Natasja Saad, Danish musician (d. 2007)
From 1976
- 1976 – Guti, Spanish footballer
- 1976 – Piper Perabo, American actress
- 1977 - Chikara Fujimoto, Japanese footballer
- 1978 – Inka Grings, German footballer
- 1979 – Simao Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 – Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer
- 1980 – Kengo Nakamura, Japanese footballer
- 1981 – Frank Iero, rhythm guitarist, back up vocals in My Chemical Romance
- 1981 – Lollie Alexi Devereaux, French actress and writer
- 1982 – Tomas Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983 – Katy French, Irish model (d. 2007)
- 1984 – Scott Clifton, American actor
- 1986 – Christie Hayes, Australian actress
- 1988 – Cole Aldrich, American basketball player
- 1988 – Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
- 1989 – Warren Weir, Jamaican athlete
- 1990 - J.I.D, American rapper
- 1990 - Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (d. 2019)
- 1992 – Vanessa Marano, American actress
- 1993 – Letitia Wright, Guyanese-born British actress
- 1997 – Marcus Rashford, English footballer
- 2000 – Willow Smith, American singer
- 2005 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal