Did you know
Henry V, also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1413 until his death in 1422.
Notable Deaths on August 31
1422 — Henry V of England (born 1386)
Henry V of England (born 1386)
August 31 has 113 recorded notable deaths across history, from 318 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
113 source records
318 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on August 31
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1933 The Integral Nationalist Group wins the 1933 Andorran parliamentary election, the first election in Andorra held with universal male suffrage. Source
- 1798 Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht. Source
- 1999 The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others. Source
- 1795 War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. Source
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John Ford is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur.
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Pranab Mukherjee was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India.
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Laurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989.
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Urho Kekkonen was the third and most recent president from the Agrarian League/Centre Party.
More major people who died on August 31
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1973
John Ford
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
John Martin Feeney, better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer.
2020
Pranab Mukherjee
Former President of India (born 1935)
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India.
2010
Laurent Fignon
French cyclist (born 1960)
Laurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989.
1986
Urho Kekkonen
Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (born 1900)
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982.
1952
Henri Bourassa
Canadian publisher and politician (born 1868)
Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian political leader and publisher.
1858
Chief Oshkosh
Menominee chief (born 1795)
Chief Oshkosh was a chief of the Menominee Native Americans, recognized as the leader of the Menominee people by the United States government from August 7, 1827, until his death.
1941
Thomas Bavin
New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (born 1874)
Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin, was an Australian lawyer and politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930.
1818
Robert Calder
Scottish admiral (born 1745)
Admiral of the White Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
2000
Lucille Fletcher
American screenwriter (born 1912)
Violet Lucille Fletcher was an American screenwriter of film, radio and television.
318
Liu Cong
emperor of the Xiongnu state
Liu Cong (died 31 August 318), courtesy name Xuanming, nickname Zai, also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Zhaowu of Han (Zhao), was an emperor of the Xiongnu-led Chinese Han-Zhao dynasty.
2002
Farhad Mehrad
Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (born 1944)
Farhad Mehrad was a popular Iranian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. He was a versatile musician who released the first English rock and roll album in Iran.
1730
Gottfried Finger
Czech-German viol player and composer (born 1660)
Gottfried Finger, also Godfrey Finger, was a Moravian-German Baroque Kapellmeister and composer. He was also a virtuoso on the viol, and many of his compositions were for the instrument. He also wrote operas.
1940
DeLancey W. Gill
American painter (born 1859)
DeLancey Walker Gill was an American drafter, landscape painter, and photographer.
2015
Tom Scott
American football player (born 1930)
Thomas Coster Scott was an American professional football player who was a linebacker and defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants.
1817
Sir John Duckworth
1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1747)
Admiral of the Blue Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator and politician who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary and…
1795
François-André Danican Philidor
French-English chess player and composer (born 1726)
François-André Danican Philidor, born François-André Danican and often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess master.
2012
Kashiram Rana
Indian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
Kashiram Rana was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Surat constituency in Gujarat.
1884
Robert Torrens
Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (born 1814)
Sir Robert Richard Torrens,, also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer.
1963
Georges Braque
French painter and sculptor (born 1882)
Georges Braque was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor.