* Neil Postman, ( 1931 – 2003 ) author, media theorist and cultural critic,

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

* 1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher

* 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor and director ( d. 2008 )

* 1931 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter ( d. 1995 )

* 1931 – Sri Chinmoy, Bengali-American spiritual teacher, poet, and painter ( d. 2007 )

* 1931 – Joe Cunningham, American baseball player

* 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author ( d. 2010 )

* 1931 – Chuck Essegian, American baseball player

* 1931 – Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and coach

* 1931 – Pierre DuMaine, American bishop

* 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer ( d. 2008 )

* 1931 – Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer ( d. 2007 )

* 1931 – Ramblin ' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter

* 1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer

* 1958 – Peter Collins, English race car driver ( b. 1931 )

Franciszek Bujak ( 1875 – 1953 ) and Jan Rutkowski ( 1886 – 1949 ), the founders of modern economic history in Poland and of the journal Roczniki Dziejów Spolecznych i Gospodarczych ( 1931 – ), were attracted to the innovations of the Annales school.

* 1862 – Victoria of Baden ( d. 1931 )

* 1868 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician ( d. 1931 )

* 1879 – Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – Charles E. Rice, American scholar and author

* 1931 – Roger Penrose, English physicist

* 1931 – Hal Needham, American stuntman

In January 1931, in response to a trade magazine advertisement from Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, requesting photographs of " cute kids ," Spanky's Aunt Dottie ( Virginia's sister ) sent pictures from Sonny's portfolio.

Hal Linden ( born March 20, 1931 ) is an American stage and television actor and television director, best known for his role in the television comedy series Barney Miller and as presenter on the ABC educational series Animals, Animals, Animals.

Hal Brett Needham ( born March 6, 1931 ) is an American stuntman and film director.

Bond got his start in 1931 at the age of five when a talent scout for Hal Roach studios approached him as he was leaving a Dallas cinema with his mother.

Bond was hired at Hal Roach Studios for the Our Gang series in the summer of 1931 to begin work that upcoming fall, at around the same time as George " Spanky " McFarland was hired.

Jackie Cooper's performance in this film paved the way for his roles in major Paramount feature films such as Skippy and The Champ ; by the spring of 1931, Hal Roach had sold his contract to MGM so that Cooper could make features full-time.

Hal Fishman ( August 25, 1931 – August 7, 2007 ) was the longest-running news anchor in the history of American television ,< ref >

In its early years, between January 3, 1929 and December 31, 1931, KFVD broadcast from offices and towers on the Hal Roach Studios ' lot .. From 1937 to 1939, Woody Guthrie broadcasted regular shows from the station, then run by Frank Burke Sr. and his son Frank Burke Jr. First he accompanied his Cousin Leon " Oklahoma Jack " Guthrie, later with Maxine " Lefty Lou " Chrissman.

* The Four Horsemen, a contract bridge team ; original 1931 members: P. Hal Sims, Willard S. Karn, David Burnstine ( Bruce ), Oswald Jacoby

* Adrian Rogers ( 1931 – 2005 ), American pastor, conservative, author

* 1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

* 1931 – Bill Shoemaker, American jockey ( d. 2003 )

* 1931 – Regis Philbin, American actor, singer, and television host

* 1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1931 – Jack Swigert, American astronaut ( d. 1982 )

* 1990 – Thurston Harris, American singer ( b. 1931 )

* 1890 – Art Acord, American actor and rodeo rider ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer ( d. 2012 )

* 2007 – Andrew Hill, American bandleader, composer, and pianist ( b. 1931 )

* 1931 – Donald Barthelme, American author ( d. 1989 )

* 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst

* 2007 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist ( b. 1931 )

" Benjamin Franklin ," Dictionary of American Biography ( 1931 ) – vol 3, with hot links online

Chicago: American Library Association, 1931.