Mere Broughton
New Zealand Māori language activist and unionistDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Deaths on January 31
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 31 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 31, 2026.
Michael J. Feeney
American journalistDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Wolfgang Rademann
German television producer and journalistDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Jalal Aliyev
Azerbaijani politicianDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Bob Pelkington
American basketball player (Xavier University)Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Miron Chichișan
Romanian politicianDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Betty Rosenquest Pratt
American tennis playerDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Gil Carmichael
American politician and businessmanDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Janusz Muniak
Polish jazz saxophonistDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Terry Wogan
Irish broadcaster for the BBCDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Nolan Frizzelle
American politicianDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
R. Gilbert Clayton
American set designer (ArmageddonDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Diane Wolkstein
American storytellerDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Amina Cachalia
South African activist and politicianDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Fred Whitfield
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians)Died on Thursday January 31st 2013
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
Mexican poet and classicistDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Shail Upadhya
Nepalese United Nations disarmament officialDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Ingo Swann
American parapsychologistDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Timir Pinegin
Soviet sports sailor and Olympic gold medallist (1960)Died on Thursday January 31st 2013
Tony Pierce
American baseball player (Kansas City/Oakland Athletics)Died on Thursday January 31st 2013
Nguyễn Văn Mầu
Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Caleb Moore
American snowmobile competitorDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Mohammad Mahseiri
Jordanian politicianDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Bob Lacourse
Canadian Olympic cyclist. Died on Thursday January 31st 2013
Larry Killick
American basketball playerDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Keith Joubert
South African artist and conservationistDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Sir Ron Hadfield
British police officerDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Hassan Habibi
Iranian politician and scholarDied on Thursday January 31st 2013
Abdirizak Haji Hussein
Somali politicianDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Jaime Huélamo
Spanish Olympic cyclist (1972)Died on Friday January 31st 2014
Carsten Hopstock
Norwegian historianDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Anna Gordy Gaye
American songwriter ("BabyDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Wong Choon Wah
Malaysian Olympic footballer (1972)Died on Friday January 31st 2014
Mike Flanagan
British-born Israeli soldierDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Kura Strickland
Cook Islands politicianDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Francis M. Fesmire
American cardiologist and emergency physicianDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Giorgio Stracquadanio
Italian politician and journalistDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Bob DePratu
American politicianDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Mike Reed
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)Died on Friday January 31st 2014
Emilio Del Giudice
Italian biophysicistDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Sir David Price
British politicianDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Gundi Busch
German world champion figure skaterDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Baden Powell
British footballerDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Deborah Blackwell
American cable network executive (SOAPnet) and talent agentDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Thomas Montemage
American Olympic cyclistDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Sebastian Barker
British poetDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Hans Methlie Michelsen
Norwegian judge and Holocaust survivorDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Christopher Jones
American actor (The Legend of Jesse JamesDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Inatio Akaruru
Cook Islands politicianDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Joseph Willcox Jenkins
American composer and academicDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin
Nigerian-born British Olympic athlete (1948)Died on Friday January 31st 2014
Miklós Jancsó
Hungarian director and screenwriterDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Alexander Ivashkin
Russian cellistDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Michael Saward
British Anglican priest and hymnistDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Adalberto Arturo Rosat
Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Udo Lattek
German football coach (Bayern MunichDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
William Klinger
Croatian historianDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Vic Howe
Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers)Died on Saturday January 31st 2015
Don Covay
American R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools")Died on Saturday January 31st 2015
Earl Christensen
American politicianDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Tomás Bulat
Argentine economist and journalistDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
José Manuel Lara Bosch
Spanish media executiveDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Robert Blees
American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana)Died on Saturday January 31st 2015
Vasco Bendini
Italian informalist painterDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari
Yemeni militantDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Richard von Weizsäcker
German politicianDied on Saturday January 31st 2015
Lizabeth Scott
American actress (Dead Reckoning) and singerDied on Saturday January 31st 2015