Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
Inventor
1
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)
Civil Rights Leader
2
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Dancer
3
Bhagat Singh (1907-1931)
4
Harry Clarke (1889-1931)
Illustrator
5
Lili Elbe (1882-1931)
Activist
6
Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931)
Doctor
7
St. George Littledale (1851-1931)
Explorer
8
Knute Rockne (1888-1931)
Football Coach
9
Geli Raubal (1908-1931)
Family Member
10
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Poet
11
Nellie Melba (1861-1931)
Opera Singer
12
Buddy Bolden (1877-1931)
Trumpet Player
13
Jorge Vinatea Reynoso (1900-1931)
Painter
14
Motilal Nehru (1861-1931)
Politician
15
Francis Bellamy (1855-1931)
Religious Author
16
Barbecue Bob (1902-1931)
Guitarist
17
Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906-1931)
18
Wilson Bentley (1865-1931)
Photographer
19
Melvil Dewey (1851-1931)
Teacher
20
Omar Mukhtar (1858-1931)
War Hero
21
Henrietta Edwards (1849-1931)
22
Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
Pianist
23
Louise McKinney (1868-1931)
24
Austin Tappan Wright (1883-1931)
Novelist
25
John Dixon (1861-1931)
Cricketer
26
Ernest Noel (1831-1931)
27
Daniel Chester French (1850-1931)
Sculptor
28
Alice Mary Robertson (1854-1931)
29
Dugald Campbell Patterson (1860-1931)
Entrepreneur
30
Charlie Poole (1892-1931)
Country Singer
31
Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931)
Playwright
32
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
33
Sukhdev Thapar (1907-1931)
34
Andre Michelin (1853-1931)
35
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931)
36
Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931)
37
David T. Abercrombie (1867-1931)
38
Saya San (1876-1931)
39
Eliza Frances Andrews (1840-1931)
40
Otto Mears (1840-1931)
41
Kamel al-Khola'ie (1881-1931)
Composer
42
Ida Husted Harper (1851-1931)
43
Xu Zhimo (1897-1931)
44
Albert Michelson (1852-1931)
Physicist
45
Joe Marshall (1876-1931)
Baseball Player
46
Stanislaus Joyce (1849-1931)
Memoirist
47
Lorrin A. Thurston (1858-1931)
48
Celebrities Born in 1931
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