History Deaths on March 31

Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (b.1745)

#Olaudah_Equiano

James Rosenquist, American artist (b. 1933)

#James_Rosenquist

Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)

#Jean_Moréas

Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)

#Antoine_Augustin_Cournot

Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)

#Henryk_Wieniawski

Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1931)

#Jackie_McLean

Denise Robertson, British writer and television broadcaster (b. 1932)

#Denise_Robertson

Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)

#Anne_Hyde

Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

#Clifford_Shull

Bob Clarke, American illustrator (b. 1926)

#Bob_Clarke_(illustrator)

Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

#Ronnie_Corbett

John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)

#John_C._Calhoun

Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)

#Enid_Bagnold

Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (b. 1985)

#Nipsey_Hussle

Anne Gwynne, American actress (b. 1918)

#Anne_Gwynne

Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)

#Paul_Strand

Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)[better source needed]

#Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales

Gilbert Baker, American artist and LGBT rights activist (b. 1951)

#Gilbert_Baker_(artist)

J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)

#J._P._Morgan

Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)

#Knute_Rockne

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1504)

#Philip_I,_Landgrave_of_Hesse

Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1911)

#Jules_Dassin

Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)

#Ralph_DePalma

John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)

#John_Constable

Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1949)

#Tommy_Seebach

Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1965)

#Brandon_Lee

Charles Amarin Brand, French archbishop (b. 1920)

#Charles_Amarin_Brand

Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)

#Kang_Youwei

Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (b. 1931)

#Gonzalo_Anes

Alberto Sughi, Italian painter (b. 1928)

#Alberto_Sughi

George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)

#George_Charles_Haité

Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (b. 1930)

#Jerry_Lynch

Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)

#Franz_Abt

Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer and politician, Iranian Minister of Interior (b. 1917)

#Ahmad_Sayyed_Javadi

Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)

#Galusha_A._Grow

Ernie Bridge, Australian singer and politician (b. 1936)

#Ernie_Bridge

Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)

#Jerry_Paris

Bella Abzug, American lawyer, activist, and politician (b. 1920)

#Bella_Abzug

Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)

#Christina_Stead

William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)

#William_McMahon

Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (b. 1950)

#Zaha_Hadid

Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)

#Jeffrey_Lee_Pierce

Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (b. 1937)

#Carlos_Gaviria_Díaz

Roger Somville, Belgian painter (b. 1923)

#Roger_Somville

Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)

#Semyon_Timoshenko

Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

#Wyndham_Halswelle

Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (b. 1668)

#Pieter_Burman_the_Elder

Ivan I of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1288)

#Ivan_I_of_Moscow

Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)

#Astrid_Allwyn

Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (b. 1920)

#Mary_Greyeyes

Francis I, French king (b. 1494)

#Francis_I_of_France

Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (b. 1927)

#Hans-Dietrich_Genscher

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1661)

#Edward_Hyde,_3rd_Earl_of_Clarendon

Selena, American singer-songwriter (b. 1971)

#Selena

Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)

#Grover_Lowdermilk

Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)

#Imre_Kertész

Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)

#Mineichi_Koga

Dante Giacosa, Italian automobile designer and engineer (b. 1905)

#Dante_Giacosa

Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)

#Emil_von_Behring

Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

#Hans_Fischer

Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)

#Charlotte_Brontë

Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)

#Vladimír_Holan

John Donne, English lawyer and poet (b. 1572)

#John_Donne

Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (b. 1927)

#Raúl_Alfonsín

Philip III, Spanish king (b. 1578)

#Philip_III_of_Spain

Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)

#Jesse_Owens

Dalibor Vesely, Czech-English historian, author, and academic (b. 1934)

Cocoa Fujiwara, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1983)

Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (b. 1931)

Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1980)

Halbert White, American economist and academic (b. 1950)

Bernard O. Gruenke, American stained glass artist (b. 1914)

Dale R. Corson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)

Judith Adams, New Zealand-Australian nurse and politician (b. 1943)

Henry Taub, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)

Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish singer and actress (b. 1941)

Oddvar Hansen, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1921)

Alan Fitzgerald, Australian journalist and author (b. 1935)

Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (b. 1922)

Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (b. 1911)

Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (b. 1926)

Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1921)

Frank Perdue, American businessman (b. 1920)

Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1905)

Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (b. 1951)

Scott Helvenston, American soldier (b. 1965)

Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1907)

Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (b. 1924)

Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

David Rocastle, English footballer (b. 1967)

Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and ethnographer (b. 1922)

Joel Ryce-Menuhin, American pianist (b. 1933)

Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. 1924)

Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (b. 1900)

Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)

Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)

Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)

Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)

Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)

Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)

Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)

Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)

Gonzalo Méndez de Canço, Royal Governor of La Florida (b. 1554)

Bonaventura Tornielli, Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1411)

Isidore II of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople

Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian Augustinian monk

William of Modena, Italian bishop and diplomat

Pousa, voivode of Transylvania

Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (b. 906)

Xiaoming, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 510)

Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman nobleman of the Equestrian order (b. 109 BC)