1931
- July 4 - Buddie Petit, American jazz musician
- July 12 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1866)
- August 6 - Bix Beiderbecke, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1903)
- August 26 - Hamaguchi Osachi, 27th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1870)
- August 27
- Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856)
- Francis Marion Smith, American businessman (b. 1846)
- September 5 - John Thomson, Scottish footballer (b. 1909)
- October 13 - Ernst Didring, Swedish writer (b. 1868)
- October 18 - Thomas Edison, American inventor (b. 1847)
- November 11 - Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1840)
- December 2 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer (b. 1851)
- December 5 - Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
- date unknown - Joseph Tabrar, British songwriter (b. 1857)
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Nobel prizes
- Physics - not awarded
- Chemistry - Carl Bosch, Friedrich Bergius
- Physiology or Medicine - Otto Heinrich Warburg
- Literature - Erik Axel Karlfeldt
- Peace - Jane Addams, Nicholas Murray Butler
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Ship events
- List of ship launches in 1931
- List of ship commissionings in 1931
- List of ship decommissionings in 1931
- List of shipwrecks in 1931
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See also
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Notes
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External links
- The 1930s Timeline: 1931 — from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia
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