* 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

* 2002 – Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher ( b. 1931 )

* Tom Adams ( politician ) or Jon Adams ( 1931 – 1985 ), Prime Minister of Barbados

Jon Michael Geoffrey Manningham " Tom " Adams ( September 24, 1931 – March 11, 1985 ) was a Barbadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Barbados from 1976 until 1985.

Jaun Elia was born on 14 December 1931 in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.

* Elia Dalla Costa ( 19 December 1931 – 22 December 1961 )

* Mohammad Ali ( actor ) ( 1931 – 2006 ), Pakistani actor

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi ( 14 August 1931 – 20 November 2009 ) was a Pakistani politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from August 6, 1990 to November 6, 1990.

Mohammad Ali () ( April 19, 1931 – March 19, 2006 ) was a Pakistani actor.

The English Biblical scholar Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ) reasoned on internal textual grounds that the book was edited by someone who spoke no Hebrew and who wished to promote a different theology from John's.

* 1853 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian scholar and historian ( d. 1931 )

* December 6 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature ( d. 1931 )

* Charles O. Jones ( born 1931 ), scholar of American politics

Together with Albert Einstein and other celebrities, Mann was a signatory to a letter to the Urgent Call for Unity condemning the murder of Croatian scholar Dr Milan Šufflay on 18 February 1931.

His papers, including a voluminous correspondence file ( some 1, 000 letters 1876 – 1931 ), are deposited at Uppsala University in Sweden, except for his correspondence with Léon Walras which went into the collection of the Walras scholar William Jaffe in the USA.

The first biblical scholar to propose an origin for Jubilees was Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ).

In 1931, a Dutch artist and scholar of Hindu and Buddhist architecture, W. O. J.

* Morna Hooker ( born 1931 ), British theologian and New Testament scholar

George Foot Moore ( October 15, 1851 – May 16, 1931 ) was an eminent Asian scholar, historian of religion, author, Presbyterian minister and accomplished teacher.

Rodney William Whitaker ( June 12, 1931 – Dec 14, 2005 ) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several successful novels under the pen name Trevanian.

Walter Burkert ( born 2 February 1931 in Neuendettelsau ) is a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult.

A Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar ; Geshe Kelsang has written twenty books that aim to provide Western Dharma practitioners with essential Buddhist texts ; some are books for beginners such as Transform Your Life and How to Solve Our Human Problems, books about the Mahayana path like Universal Compassion ( Lojong ), and books on Vajrayana ( Tantra ) like Mahamudra Tantra ; ( born 1931, in Tibet ).

Lutheran scholar Francis Pieper ( 1852 – 1931 ) wrote in Christian Dogmatics emphasizing the strength and antiquity of the reference.

* Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ), clergyman and biblical scholar

Amnon Rubinstein (, born 5 September 1931 ) is an Israeli law scholar, politician, and columnist.

* Pearl Bowser ( 1931 -), archivist, film scholar, author, and producer

* Malcolm MacFarlane ( 1853 – 1931 ), a Scottish Gaelic scholar and songwriter.

Everett M. Rogers ( March 6, 1931 – October 21, 2004 ) was a communication scholar, sociologist, writer, and teacher.

Charles Harold Herford ( 18 February 1853-25 April 1931 ) was an English literary scholar and critic.

* Kuzhivelil Mathew ( born 1931 ), Indian biblical scholar