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Deaths on January 31

1561 : Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
1580 : Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies
1606 : Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35
1788 : Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67
1788 : Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50
1788 : [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67
1828 : Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
1861 : Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53
1864 : Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies
1891 : Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75
1919 : Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79
1922 : Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56
1933 : John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65
1939 : George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies
1940 : Ren‚ "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56
1945 : Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25
1949 : Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84
1954 : Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63
1954 : Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65
1955 : John R Mott, US theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89
1960 : Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53
1966 : Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90
1967 : Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100
1967 : Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86
1969 : Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77
1970 : Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28
1972 : Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
1972 : Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
1972 : Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67
1973 : Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
1974 : Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61
1974 : Harry Baum, actor (Crime & Punishment), dies at 58
1974 : Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72
1974 : Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72
1974 : Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91
1980 : J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 & 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies
1987 : Yves All‚gret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79
1989 : Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1989 : Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63
1992 : Mel Hein, NFLer (NY Giants), dies at 82
1992 : Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63
1994 : Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
1995 : George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105
1995 : James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86
1996 : Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65
1997 : Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84

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